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Overview
Our Adams & Reese attorneys, recognized to practice in patent matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, prepare and prosecute patent applications both domestically and internationally for clients ranging from startup ventures to Fortune 50 companies.
We are well-versed in the specific IP protection challenges for varied industries and business types across the globe. Our representative technologies have included the likes of manufacturing automation, database management, e-commerce, quantum hardware, search engine optimization, video streaming, automated driving control, machine learning and AI applications, just to name a few. Clients invariably tell us that they value our patent attorneys’ commitment to understanding their business and our highly specialized scientific and technical backgrounds.
Because our patent team members focus on adding value to each client’s business, whether global or U.S.-based, they are able to meaningfully apply their advanced scientific degrees and engineering experience to effectively protect and commercialize each client’s technology. They speak the technical language yet can also communicate their knowledge in easily understood terms. This helps them deliver solutions to clients’ problems.
For several of our large international clients, we manage complex global patent portfolios – fully understanding that every filing they make and every enforcement action they take carries global ramifications. Our patent attorneys are recognized as some of America’s foremost practitioners. We also advise clients in other jurisdictions, obtaining and enforcing patent rights in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.
DEFINING STRENGTHS
Our attorneys bring extensive experience with the International Trade Commission (ITC), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO) and other similar administrative agencies, counseling clients in these and other areas:
- Infringement avoidance
- Patent preparation, filing, prosecution, licensing and due diligence
- Portfolio management
- Post-grant proceedings
- Technology commercialization
Representation
- Pprovided pre-litigation support for a Fortune 20 company through invalidity and non-infringement positions for asserted patents relating to light-emitting diode drivers.
- Represented a German company in the computer network and connectivity industry that received a cease-and-desist letter from a patent owner. Our team filed an Inter Partes Review and the case that had been filed against our client was quickly resolved.
- Represented a large multinational oilfield services company that operates under a patent-driven business model. For more than a decade we have worked together closely, strategically protecting future generations of new products. Not only have we built complex global patent portfolios but we have also assisted with identifying infringers, including infringers in the oil patch in Texas and Louisiana, and in manufacturing centers such as China. We have repeatedly enforced the patent portfolios we created.
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