Overview

Named a “Go-To Law Firm” in the high technology area by American Lawyer Media (ALM), Lahive & Cockfield excels at enhancing and safeguarding intellectual property. Our practical approach to IP is focused on the strategic planning and execution that are crucial to the success of our clients. Our attorneys, patent agents and technical specialists have electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering and computer backgrounds that enable them to better collaborate with clients’ designers, engineers and inventors. After more than 25 years of experience working with patents, we understand the intricacies of working with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Services

We advise clients on a full range of intellectual property matters including portfolio development, strategy and implementation. Our experience includes:

  • Patent preparation
  • Patent prosecution
  • Patentability opinions
  • Validity and infringement opinions
  • IP due diligence
  • International filing strategies
  • Licensing and transactions
  • Litigation and enforcement
  • Trademark prosecution
  • Copyright registration

Representative Clients

We represent companies in a broad range of sectors, including computer hardware and software, computer networks, semiconductors, clean technology, and optical electronics. Some of our clients include:

  • Bookham Technology
  • Fishman Transducers, Inc.
  • Parametric Technology Corporation
  • Radianse, Inc.
  • Sycamore Networks
  • The MathWorks
  • Viisage

Case studies

 
 
Our Thinking Expands Yours

The client, a venture capital financing syndicate, wanted to invest in a small biotech discovery company but needed to know that the intellectual property assets of the company were sound and that the company was free to commercialize its technology. » read more

News & Events

USPTO and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of the Russian Federation (ROSPATENT) Launch Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program on September 1 » read more

Giulio A. DeConti Selected to Best Lawyers in America » read more

CAFC Invalidates Patent Covering Methods of Using Gemzar » read more

December 2, 2010
Peter Dini presents "Antibodies: Overcoming Patentability Hurdles and Claim Drafting Strategies for New Technological Developments" at the ACI Biotech Patents Conference » read more

August 30, 2010
James Velema and Peter Dini present "Patenting of Therapeutic Antibodies" to the NRC Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal, Canada » read more

August 26, 2010
Brian Trinque presents "Nonobviousness of Chemical Inventions" at 240th ACS National Meeting » read more

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