Patent Prosecution

Patent prosecution is the focus of our practice. This includes not only preparing applications and working with the patent offices, but also includes providing strategic patent counseling. To provide our high level of service, we first seek to gain a thorough understanding of the client's technology, business model, and competitors. This includes understanding the client's geographical markets, the product life cycles, the technology classes, product applications, existing licenses, and various other information to allow us to formulate an overall patent strategy or to revise an existing one.

Our attorneys are all experienced practitioners and most have significant litigation experience. Consequently, we thoroughly understand the scrutiny that your patents will undergo during litigation. We strive to get the broadest available patent protection to provide real economic value to our clients and a barrier to entry to competitors.

Finally, because we have built efficiencies into our firm, we can provide our top tier services at a very competitive price point, whether the fee structure is fixed fee or hourly. In fact, we know we are more than one third less expensive than many larger firms and, in the opinion of many of our clients, we provide better service. We urge all of our prospective clients to speak with some of our existing clients' counsel. We would be happy to put you in touch with some of them at your request.

Contingency Patent Brokering and Licensing

We offer contingency based patent services in which our fees are tied to the success of the services provided. Whether clients want to sell or license the patents, identifying which patents are being infringed by the world of products is an enormous task. Consequently, many companies do not have the resources, experienced personnel, or systems in place to implement such a program. As a result, tens of millions of dollars (or more) in licensing fees go un-collected or the patents are under valued in the sales transaction. The solution is our contingent patent services, which requires no upfront fee. Our fee is contingent on, and determined by, the success of the licensing or sales program. Please contact us for more information.

Opinions

With success comes the increased likelihood of litigation. We understand this can help you steer carefully through what can sometimes be a patent minefield. We have significant experience in preparing non-infringement/validity opinions that are well founded in law and fact. In addition, we understand that we are significantly less expensive than many other firms providing opinion work.

Due Diligence

Prospective purchasers and investors want to understand the value of the patent assets of the acquisition or investment and the potential exposure to third party patent holders. Whether you are considering making an acquisition (or investment) or are a target for acquisition or investment, we can help you as we have helped our existing clients.