Practice Areas

Patents

Our patent practice involves many different services, including:

  • Utility patent application preparation, filing, and prosecution
  • Design patent application preparation, filing and prosecution
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) filing and prosecution
  • 35 U.S.C. Section 371 National Phase PCT entry and bypass filings and prosecution
  • USPTO appeal, reexamination and reissue proceedings
  • Formal and informal legal opinions including patentability opinions, freedom to operate opinions, infringement opinions, and validity and invalidity opinions
  • Portfolio management and development
  • Due diligence studies
  • Licensing
  • Infringement litigation support
  • Purchase and sale agreements
  • Patent audits

Trademarks

We offer practical, cost-effective approaches for various trademark issues that our clients may encounter.  Our trademark services include:

  • Trademark Application filing and prosecution
  • Clearance searches and opinions
  • Trade dress examinations
  • Trademark opposition
  • Trademark litigation
  • Trademark licensing
  • Portfolio management
  • Trademark litigation
  • Unfair competition and dilution analysis

Copyright​

Our services include:

  • Copyright filings and registration
  • Copyright infringement analysis and “fair use”

Industry Experience

In view of the educational backgrounds and industrial as well as the legal experience of our attorneys, we are able to support clients in various industries, including:

  • Academic Research
  • Automotive
  • Chemicals
  • Coatings
  • Consumer Products
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Elastomers
  • Flame Retardants
  • Industrial
  • Liquid Crystals and Devices
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechanical Technology
  • Medical Devices
  • Metals and Mining
  • Milling Technology
  • Nanotechnology
  • Oil and Gas
  • Paint
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Plasticizers
  • Polymers
  • Processing Technology
  • Rubber Processing Technology
  • Soaps and Hand Creams
  • Textile and Fibers