About the Practice
Protecting Intellectual Property
Helping clients with:
Patents: Utility, Plant, Design
U.S. and International portfolio building and management, including patentability searching and opinion, drafting, filing and prosecuting, strategic counseling, enforcement, agreements and licensing
Trademarks: Name, Logo, Slogan
State, Federal, and International portfolio building and management, including comprehensive searching, registration, enforcement, co-exist agreements and licensing, branding and product launch
Copyrights: Artistic Works
Registration, ownership, fair use, and transfer
Trade Secrets
Protection, enforcement, and licensing
IP Licensing
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Know-How
Technology Transactions
Confidential disclosure, technology transfer, material transfer, and supply agreements; joint ventures; collaborations; and assignments
Venture IP
IP due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, financing, licensing, collaborations, joint ventures, investments and public offerings; evaluation of patent inventorship, ownership, and scope of protection
IP Opinions
Patentability, freedom-to-operate, infringement, and invalidity
Representative client technologies:
Agriculture
Cultivars, Formulations, Consumer products, Devices, and Processes
Life Sciences
Microbiology, Genetics, Immunology, Cellular Biology, and Molecular Biology
Medical Devices
Diagnostics, Assays, Reagents, Kits, Sensors, Methods, and Instrumentation
Food and Beverages
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Restaurants, Wineries, Food, Processing and packaging
Health and Beauty Products
Personal care, Hair care, Body care, Skin care, Cosmetics, Tools, and Devices
Nutraceuticals
Vitamin and Dietary supplement formulations
Sports Innovation
Sporting goods, Sport technology, Rehabilitation, Tools, Devices, and Recovery formulations
Mechanical Devices
Kitchen and household items, Personal accessories, Toys, Automotive parts, Tools, and more
Green Technology
Clean energy, Alternative energy, and Provision of clean water