Miele Law Group is a law firm made up of trial lawyers, intellectual property lawyers, and business lawyers. In our litigation practice, we are set apart from other law firms by our technical education, training and experience. Our attorneys hold degrees in engineering or the sciences, and have substantial experience with medical devices, telephony, computers, wireless technologies, networking, electronics, mechanical systems and medical devices. In our patent practice, we prepare and prosecute patent applications, draft settlement and licensing agreements; negotiate with third parties; pursue ex parte or inter parte proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office; provide our clients with written opinions; and handle matters in federal court. Our trademark practice is focused on brand management and protection. We assist our clients with trademark selection, application, and registration – from the initial clearance search through registration and beyond. We also handle a range of trademark matters involving conflicts with third parties, such as cancellation and opposition proceedings before the TTAB, domain name disputes, infringement disputes, and trademark co-existence agreements. Miele Law Group also represents clients in various business deals and transactions, and varied complex matters involving intellectual property, such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and licensing deals. We have guided software developers and consulting companies in their efforts to avoid copyright infringement while developing competing software products, in crafting software-as-a -service (SaaS) agreements, managing freeware and open source terms, and finalizing the terms of consulting agreements.