Overview
Our team of professionals at Lahive & Cockfield has enhanced and safeguarded our clients’ intellectual property portfolios, including their mechanical designs and patents, for more than 25 years. We have been ranked a “Power Prosecutor” by PatentRatings, secured many hundreds of mechanical patents and assisted numerous clients with expanding their ideas into valuable business assets. Lahive’s practical approach is based on strategic planning and understanding of the technology, engineering, and science behind the IP.
Our team of lawyers, patent agents and technical specialists include mechanical, electrical and aerospace engineers with scientific, legal and industry experience. Members of our group They have been named to the Super Lawyers® and Rising Star lists, are active in industry associations, and are often quoted by the press on developments in their fields. We are thorough, timely, responsive and dedicated to establishing proactive team-based relationships.
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
- International filing strategies
- IP due diligence
- Licensing and transactions
- Litigation and enforcement
Representative Clients
We represent clints in a broad range of industries and specialty areas, such as automotive, industrial products, medical devices, consumer products, and clean technologies. Some of our clients include:
- A.W. Chesterton Company
- Atrium Medical Corporation
- Bookham Technology
- DePuy Spine
- Fishman Transducers, Inc.
- Hyundai Air & Water Technologies, Inc.
- Mass. General Hospital
- McCue Corporation
- Micronics
- The Baker Company
- Viisage, L-1 Identity Solutions
- Ztek Corporation
