We protect your ideas
and help you build your business.

We work directly with your engineering and product development staff to identify, flesh out and secure your inventions through patent preparation and prosecution. We also work with your in-house counsel to offload and supplement patent prosecution activities when demands of large dockets and associated deadlines become overwhelming or take time away from other critical business or legal activities.

We handle U.S. utility and design patent applications, PCT and other international patent application filings, and prosecution including Ex Parte Appeals before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board.​

We understand how to create and build IP portfolios that add value to your business. We create a blocking approach for market dominance or secure your existing market position through strategic IP development. ​

The aesthetic aspects of your products (i.e. design appearance and beauty) can be protected via design patents in the U.S. and design registrations on the world stage. We provide services to obtain design patent protection and international registrations for your unique product designs to protect your business against knock-off products.

M&A and IP acquisitions

Acquiring IP assets requires IP due diligence to confirm ownership and right to sell as well as IP legal rights coverage and how the IP reads upon (i.e. maps) to the target company's products and services as well as your company's products and services. We provide IP due diligence services to assist you in making IP asset acquisitions and decisions​.

Infringement/non-infringement/validity

We provide patent validity and infringement/non-infringement analysis and opinions to assist with enforcement or defensive activities.

Patentability

We render opinions on subject matter patentability.

Your company identity is defined and protected through word marks, logos (design marks) and trade dress. Word marks and logos are trademarks or service marks that protect your brand names and serve to identify your business as the source of your products and services and the quality. Consideration of when and if to file for trademark/service mark registrations is an important step in any marketing and branding strategy.  We assist businesses by evaluating and providing counsel on the availability of marks for their products and services and in filing and obtaining federal trademark/service mark registrations in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We also assist with obtaining marks internationally.​

Copyright protection is afforded to original works of authorship that are fixed in any tangible medium of expression. Copyright does not protect ideas. Copyright law can impact businesses in various ways and is sometimes overlooked in conducting business activities. Overlooking copyright law requirements can result in inconvenient legal issues and costs. Loss of rights may occur through unintended or not fully understood contractual provisions. Having organizational awareness of copyright issues can prevent these difficulties and help secure important intellectual property rights for all involved. We assist businesses in understanding how copyright may apply to their operations.

Websites, software and eCommerce are essential for most businesses, especially during the pandemic when physical interaction is limited. Terms of Service (TOS), end-user-license-agreements (EULA) and other agreements determine how your customers interact with your business through these mechanisms and how your business may be impacted. We can help develop and refine these agreements for your business. ​