Services

• Represent clients in trademark selection and protection for word, design and service marks.
• Represent clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in patent and trademark prosecution, patent interferences and appeals.
• Provide programs to assist clients in identifying intellectual property assets and protecting trade secrets.
• Conduct search and analysis of patents and trademarks.
• Provide patentability, validity, infringement and right-to-use opinions covering a wide range of technical disciplines.
• Represent clients in protection for trade dress and product configurations.
• Procure copyright protection for all works of authorship, including computer software, consumer products, company brochures, catalogs and literature.
• Represent clients in patent litigation.
• Participate in a wide variety of significant litigation, including that which involves
• Trademark infringement and dilution
• Trade secret theft
• Copyright infringement
• Lanham Act claims for false designation and false advertising
• Violations of state law rights of publicity
• Infringement actions involving significant patents
• Negotiate and prepare patent licenses and technology transfer agreements.
• Counsel clients and negotiate on their behalf on issues involving software licenses including source code escrows and associated maintenance contracts.
• Secure clients' rights to worldwide intellectual property protection.
• Assist clients through a step-by-step IP asset management process to identify, package and exploit their IP assets.
• Conduct a thorough audit of clients' existing IP assets, including both patented and as-yet unpatented discoveries; proprietary software systems; novel business methods; confidential and proprietary technologies, processes and brand assets.
• Work with clients to help them design meaningful, deployable and profitable licensing strategies.
• Negotiate and document transactions that implement a clients' asset management program.