Since 1988 we have partnered with technology companies to assist them in developing intellectual property assets, formulating and executing strategic plans for achieving maximal value for our clients. We combine professional and technical skills with level-headed business principles and experience. Our practice is devoted to supporting our client’s intellectual property asset development, commercialization and, when necessary, enforcement. Services we provide include: • Counseling to achieve desired scope of domestic and international IP protection and optimization of intellectual property asset value; • Clearance and patentability searching and monitoring competitive developments; • Opinions concerning patentability, patent infringement, patent validity, clearance for freedom to operate, and availability and registrability of marks to adopt as trademarks or service marks; • Preparing, filing and prosecuting domestic and international patent, trademark, and copyright applications; • Developing and implementing corporate intellectual property policies; • Identifying and evaluating design alternatives to avoid infringing third party patents or trademarks; • Providing competitive watch services to track competitor’s intellectual property activity; • Proactively and coherently managing intellectual property portfolios to obtain and exploit worldwide protection; • Negotiating and preparing licenses and other technology-transfer agreements in the U.S. and internationally; and • Enforcing patent and other intellectual property rights, proceeding to dispute resolution or litigation with resolution either by verdict or negotiated settlement or alternative resolution. Our clients range from start-ups, small and mid-sized companies that either do not have or have insufficient in-house IP legal staff, universities and research institutions to Fortune 100 companies where we work closely with in-house IP counsel to effectuate IP asset portfolio building.