Welcome to Lahive & Cockfield LLP

For more than 25 years, we have been creating valuable business assets for our clients by enhancing and safeguarding their intellectual property. As a leading IP law firm, we service clients around the world in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, transactions, and IP litigation.

Our thinking expands yours™

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A venture capital firm wanted to evaluate the strength of a start-up's small molecule IP portfolio.

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A Fortune 500 company needed to quickly capture IP and know-how from employees of an acquired company.

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A manufacturer was seeking patent coverage for its groundbreaking design and follow on improvements in a competitive market.

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A start-up wanted to commercialize its technology for turning agriculture waste into ethanol.

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See How We Add Value to Our Client's IP

Our library of case studies provides examples of how we approach intellectual property matters and add value.

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Lahive & Cockfield placed seventh nationally in rankings published by PatentRatings LLC an independent research and rating service that provides objective, statistical-based ratings of issued and pending U.S. utility patents. Evaluating the quality of patents prosecuted between 1997 and 2001, PatentRatings' study measured essential patent characteristics determined to have a statistically significant correlation to patent value in order to establish their "best" biotech patent quality rating. Lahive & Cockfield was the only Boston-based firm to capture a top 10 spot on this ranking.

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