Protecting intellectual property (IP) and technology assets is an ongoing process. We develop long-term, productive client relationships — making us particularly effective in the IP arena, where business cycles are long but technology cycles are short. We make it a point to understand our clients' products, businesses, challenges, objectives, and cultures. We think proactively and like in-house counsel, promptly alerting clients to emerging legal and regulatory trends.
Strong advocacy on behalf of our clients and a commitment to client service have earned us recognition in publications such as IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Practitioners, The Best Lawyers in America, U.S. News – Best Lawyers and Chambers USA, where the team was described as "excellent communicators with a strong grasp of patent matters. The team is celebrated for its client service."
Our attorneys provide a complete range of patent legal assistance in connection with the acquisition, maintenance, and enforcement of patent rights for numerous technologies. We currently advise clients globally under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and have extensive experience in international business and licensing.
Our services include:
We meet with engineers and inventors to test concepts, review prototypes, evaluate patents, and discuss findings with decision-makers. When necessary, we suggest modifications in designs, and many clients specifically require our review and clearance work before giving final approval of a product.
Our attorneys emphasize a phased searching and clearance approach, presenting clients with an affordable and manageable process. First-phase results can influence early R&D activities, and allow for changes to a product prior to clients incurring significant expense. Staged reviews can include identifying key competitors, reviewing patent assets, and identifying the many different types of patent art that a product might infringe.
We provide our clients with a significant competitive advantage by assessing technology landscapes, identifying key players, the scope of prior art, and any new technologies with pending applications. Through this process, we uncover concentrated areas of development, illuminating the competition's direction while simultaneously pointing out areas yet to be exploited within a particular technology.
We routinely provide the following services:
We assist clients in planning, defending and securing positive resolutions in intellectual property disputes. Our attorneys advise on the strategic use of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) post-grant procedures such as review, reexamination and reissue. We employ these procedures to strengthen our clients' patents and to effectively challenge their competitors.
There are several dispute-related, post-grant procedures available at the USPTO. We are well-versed in the following:
Our IP practice regularly consults on mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions handled by the firm. We address an array of legal issues related to due diligence involving the analysis of IP assets of target companies, including patent, copyright, and trademark holdings. Our attorneys evaluate ownership issues, the scope of protection and value to determine the strength of the assets.
In addition, our attorneys review the risks associated with potential IP infringement related to the target’s products, evaluating the target's position in its industry relative to its competitors. Throughout this process, our wealth of knowledge and experience in patent and trademark prosecution, litigation, technology licensing, and corporate counseling allows us to work thoroughly and efficiently.
Our attorneys have substantial experience assisting clients in negotiating a wide variety of technology and technology services procurement and divestiture agreements. We handle agreement-related matters in connection with development, licenses, acquisitions, and the sale of technology or provision of technology-related services.
We have helped clients with agreements including:
We have represented some of the largest technology vendors in the world. We provide advice to clients negotiating and contracting with some of the same technology vendors and consultants implementing large-scale technology projects or acquiring substantial portfolios of licensed technology.
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