Practice Area
Intellectual Property
Building, protecting, and enforcing patent, trademark, and trade secret portfolios.
The intellectual property group counsels technology, life sciences, consumer products, and manufacturing clients on building, protecting, and enforcing the IP assets that carry their business value — patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrighted works.
On the transactional side, the group handles patent prosecution and portfolio strategy, trademark clearance and registration, and the licensing and technology-transfer agreements that let clients monetize what they’ve built. On the contentious side, the group litigates infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition claims, and has obtained injunctive relief for clients whose core products or brands were at risk.
The group also advises on IP diligence for the firm’s corporate transactions, since the value of an acquisition target is frequently inseparable from the strength of what it actually owns.
“A patent that was never enforced and a patent that was never filed protect a company exactly the same amount: not at all.”
What We Handle
- Patent prosecution and portfolio strategy
- Trademark clearance, registration, and enforcement
- Trade secret protection and litigation
- Technology licensing and transfer
- Copyright counsel
Who Handles This
Attorneys in this practice group
Track Record
Related notable matters
Intellectual Property 2023
Trade Dress Enforcement for a Consumer Products Company
Secured a preliminary injunction protecting a consumer products company's trade dress against a competitor's near-identical packaging.
Intellectual Property 2023
Trade Secret Litigation Defense for a Consumer Products Manufacturer
Defended a consumer products manufacturer against trade secret misappropriation claims brought by a former supplier, obtaining summary judgment before trial.
How We Help
Intellectual Property across every industry we serve
Technology
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Real Estate & Hospitality
Financial Services
Nonprofit & Education
Family-Owned Business
IP
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Full Practice Area by Industry Reference
- Intellectual Property × Technology
- Builds and defends patent, trade-secret, and open-source licensing portfolios for software and hardware innovators.
- Intellectual Property × Healthcare
- Protects medical-device and diagnostics patents and negotiates licensing agreements across the product lifecycle.
- Intellectual Property × Manufacturing
- Secures process and design patents and enforces trade-dress and trademark rights for manufactured goods.
- Intellectual Property × Real Estate & Hospitality
- Protects brand trademarks, proprietary design elements, and franchise licensing programs for hospitality brands.
- Intellectual Property × Financial Services
- Advises on fintech patent strategy, software licensing, and trademark protection for financial products and platforms.
- Intellectual Property × Nonprofit & Education
- Manages technology-transfer licensing, trademark protection, and copyright counsel for research institutions.
- Intellectual Property × Family-Owned Business
- Protects founder-built brand names, recipes, and proprietary processes as closely held companies scale.