With an economy that places a higher value on the intellectual assets of companies, and the need to address business decisions on a global level, the Intellectual Property practice stands ready to assist clients in all aspects of development and management of portfolio strategy, commercial exploitation, and the protection and enforcement of their intellectual property. Our team provides comprehensive counsel and service to help clients of all sizes meet their diverse needs for the recognition, acquisition, and safeguarding of their intellectual property, and to address domestic and international intellectual property acquisition and licensing, development and management, and dispute resolution.
Clients served by the Intellectual Property practice include university and corporate entities, including manufacturers of products such as pharmaceutical equipment, medical devices, household appliances, textiles, ground improvement technologies, boats and marine accessories, farming equipment, waste management technology, and electronic equipment; banks and other financial institutions; health care providers; computer software programmers, vendors, and marketers; businesses with proprietary technologies; distributors; Internet service providers and other e-businesses; and other businesses with scientific, technological, or intellectual property interests. Recognizing that full commercial development of intellectual property is often a global endeavor, we serve clients from around the world and maintain relationships with foreign associates for global acquisition and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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