Our Expertise in
Intellectual Property

Patent Practice & Patent Strategy

• Patent strategy formulation for products, product families and businesses

• All phases of patent application preparation and prosecution including Provisionals, Utilities, Reexaminations, Inter Partes Reexams, etc.

• Competitive intelligence monitoring of competitors’ patent issuances

• Technologies include chemicals/materials, scientific instrumentation, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, software

• Opinions addressing patentability, infringement, freedom-to-operate

• M&A support for assessing acquisition of company and/or patent portfolios

• “Virtual General Patent Counsel” services for small- to mid-sized companies with no in-house IP counsel

• Cost-effectiveness analysis of current patent portfolio strategy

Trademark practice

• Brand support for new brand design, selection and world-wide clearance

• Preparation and prosecution of new trademark applications world-wide

• Monitoring of competitors’ trademark activity using automated trademark searches, cease-and-desist letters