Practices

• Biotechnology
• Chemical & Materials Technologies
• Cleantech
• Electrical & Computer Technologies
• Interference
• Internet & Domain Names
• Licensing & Transactions
• Litigation
• Mechanical Technologies
• Nanotechnology
• Pharmaceutical
• Start-Ups
• Trademark & Copyright

Services

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Copyright
• Due Diligence
• International
• IP Strategy
• Litigation
• Opinion
• Patent
• Trademark

Patent

In counseling clients in all aspects of patent law, our overriding goal is to deliver results that are cost-effective and commercially significant. We listen to our clients, understand their business issues and goals, and provide advice that is tailored to their specific needs, opportunities, impediments, plans, and objectives.

Our clients appreciate the depth and breadth of our expertise in their industries and technologies. From antibodies, adhesives, and alternative energy to wireless networks, wind power, and web servers—and everything in between—we provide sophisticated and strategic advice that maximizes the value of our clients’ innovations and gives them a competitive advantage. As one indication of our level of experience, we filed 2523 patent applications in over 130 countries in 2007, more than any New England law firm devoted exclusively to IP law.

For more information on our patent practice within our specific technical disciplines, please go to any of the following profiles:

Biotechnology

Chemical & Materials Technologies

Cleantech

Electrical & Computer Technologies

Mechanical Technologies

Nanotechnology

Pharmaceutical

Our Services

We counsel clients in all areas of patent law, including:

Acquisition of Rights

• Strategic counseling on cost-effective patent portfolio development
• Deciding whether to seek patent protection
• Establishing invention record-keeping procedures
• Conducting patentability and prior art searches and opinions
• Preparing / prosecuting patent applications in all technologies
• Interference practice
• Re-examination and reissue application practice
• Advice on acquiring patents
• Patent portfolio due diligence
• Providing international filing strategies and execution
• Patent maintenance and annuity services

Exploitation of Rights

• Preparing infringement opinions
• Infringement enforcement and defense
  • In federal courts and before International Trade Commission (ITC)
  • Alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration
• Licensing-out and selling rights
• Patent portfolio management

Defensive Activities

• Competitive intelligence and monitoring services
• Conducting right to use searches
• Non-infringement and invalidity opinions
• Design around strategies
• Risk transfer strategies
• Resolving disputes with patent owners