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Thompson Hine LLP, a full-service business law firm with approximately 400 lawyers in 8 offices, was ranked number 1 in the category “Most innovative North American law firms: New working models” by The Financial Times and was 1 of 7 firms shortlisted for The American Lawyer’s inaugural Legal Services Innovation Award. The firm has been recognized by the National Law Journal as a Legal Technology Trailblazer and featured by Bloomberg for its innovative service delivery models, which drive accuracy and predictability. The firm’s commitment to innovation is embodied in Thompson Hine SmartPaTHTM – a smarter way to work – predictable, efficient and aligned with client goals. For more information, please visit ThompsonHine.com and ThompsonHine.com/SmartPaTH.

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Whether your company is weathering the effects of a global pandemic or implementing a reduction in force for any reason,&nbsp;it is crucial that you continue to protect your valuable intellectual property. This includes filing trademark and patent applications within the statutory deadlines, ensuring that inventors maintain accurate and proper invention disclosure records, ensuring that employees protect confidential and trade secret information while working remotely and ensuring that marketing teams launch new trademarks only after having them properly cleared by legal.

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We’re here to assist. Thompson Hine has created IP Solutions, a program tailored to each company’s unique needs to mitigate the obstacles impacting our clients’ IP operations. Our services and their benefits are described below.

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IP Solutions is a comprehensive, efficient and practical approach to filing, prosecuting, managing and enforcing IP assets, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights, throughout the world. Our goal is to create efficiencies through project volume and integrate a variety of resources and strategies to deliver high-quality, consistent work product at predictable, reasonable rates while tailoring our services to each client’s specific needs. Our comprehensive approach enables us to help clients maximize internal support systems, business operations, global protection and financial performance while mitigating statutory deadline risks across the globe.

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By uniting our IP strategies and experience with our proprietary SmartPaTH legal services approach, we provide strategic and practical solutions for managing our clients’ global IP portfolios at reasonable costs. Our services include:

Docketing statutory deadlines for patent and trademark cases and for IP agreements

Preparing patent and trademark availability opinions

Assisting with U.S. and global patent and trademark filings

Not “One Size Fits All”

IP Solutions draws from the full spectrum of U.S. and global intellectual property management services we offer to provide a customized approach for each client.

Dedicated, Knowledgeable Team

We develop a team based on our client’s needs. Each team member will have full knowledge of the client’s organization and industry.

Technology-Driven&nbsp;Service

We leverage a cohesive combination of robust proprietary and externally developed tools to ensure high levels of quality and consistency. We provide real-time reporting to keep our client apprised of the status of an individual project or an entire portfolio of IP assets.

We offer a variety of fee arrangements designed to maximize value for our clients. Our pricing is based on factors including case volume and complexity, with options including a blended hourly rate, a fixed fee per project, a monthly “retainer” arrangement or a fixed fee for the upfront “process review” phase.