From the evolution of an intellectual property procurement strategy, to securing, enforcing and leveraging those rights through development agreements, joint venture alliances and licensing worldwide, the firm is a source of personalized, consistent and high quality services.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Intellectual Property Counseling
The firm offers an array of services designed to assist clients formulate, develop and implement all aspects of their domestic and foreign patent and trademark strategies.
- Intellectual property enforcement
- Brand management
- Counterfeit and fraud avoidance
- Trade secret protection and enforcement
- Opinion preparation
- Due diligence research and review
- Overall risk management, avoidance and mitigation
Patent & Trademark Prosecution
Protecting a company’s intellectual property resources is critical to success, continued funding and growth.
- All phases of domestic and foreign patent prosecution
- Design-around analysis
- Portfolio evaluation and development
Brand Management
Maintaining, improving, and upholding a brand so that the name is associated with positive results while focusing directly on the brand and how that brand can remain favorable to customers
- Trademark selection
- Clearance searches
- Trademark enforcement proceedings
Registration
Intellectual Property Litigation
By maintaining relationships with regional and national law firms and experienced trial lawyers throughout the country, the firm ensures that your case is staffed with the right professionals.
- Initial case analysis and diligence
- Discovery
- Damages assessment
- Depositions
- Expert witness engagement and preparation
- Pre-trial procedure and trial
Hearings and motion practice
Technology Transactions
Providing guidance in the development, acquisition and commercialization of technology and intellectual property.
- Licensing and related transactions
- Collaborative research agreements
- Joint development agreements
- Joint venture alliances
- Employee confidentiality and assignment issues
Trade secret protection and procedures
Outsourced Corporate Counsel Services
A consistent presence at the client’s site ensuring a regular and comfortable source of legal guidance for the company
- Oversight and responsibility for recurring day-to-day legal tasks
- Monitoring of routine human resources matters.
- Ongoing legal training for management and staff, including issue awareness and development of best practices for legal risk management
Management of larger on-going legal projects such as financing, acquisitions, litigation or patent and trademark prosecution efforts