Overview

To protect our clients’ valuable inventions, we represent plaintiffs and defendants in patent disputes in federal courts throughout the United States. Our lawyers are well-versed in the broad range of technologies and industries involved in these cases, including electronics, semiconductors, software, telecommunications, the internet, FDA-approved drugs and medical devices, chemical engineering and materials science, and media and entertainment. Because most of these cases require court construction of numerous patent claim types and claim terms, we have extensive experience in handling claim construction issues. In addition, we routinely handle appeals before the Federal Circuit.

Our trial attorneys also help clients enforce their patents and patent portfolios through private licensing arrangements, which are how patent rights typically achieve resolution. Before initiating such licensing programs, we conduct substantial patent and claim analysis and engage potential licensees in face-to-face meetings, clarifying the technical and legal issues that inform a company’s choice between litigation and licensing.

While we do not prepare or prosecute patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), many of our lawyers are registered to practice before the USPTO. This prior experience gives us first-hand perspective on the issues faced by patent prosecution lawyers and patent examiners. It also enables us to advise clients and their patent prosecution counsel on any post-issuance matters—such as filing and opposing requests for reexamination or reissue—and enhances our understanding of the possible effects of such procedures on pending or proposed litigation.

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