Practice Areas
We have substantial and varied patent prosecution experience across numerous technical fields including emerging technologies. We estimate that firm members have worked with more than 750 inventors and prosecuted thousands of patent applications. We prepare, file, prosecute and maintain patent applications both in the US and in non-US jurisdictions (with assistance from foreign counsel). We can assist with foreign-originated U.S. application filings and prosecution. We handle complex post-grant proceedings, including those involving patents asserted in parallel litigation proceedings. Our members have argued multiple cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to individual inventors.
Representative industries we counsel:
- Defense & Basic Research
- Energy (O & G, Solar, Utilities)
- Biomedical
- Healthcare
- Mobile Applications
- Computer & Console Gaming
- Financial
- Integrated Circuits
- Computer Architecture
Representative technology areas include:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Software, Computer Architecture & Security, Business Methods
- Cloud Computing & Storage
- Radiation Detection & Imaging
- Chemical & Bio Sensors/Detectors
- Optical Devices (Modulators, Displays, Detectors, Lasers)
- Materials (Semiconductors, Liquid Crystal, Plasma, Coatings)
- Mobile Networks & Applications
- Biomedical Devices
- Solar Panels & Related Devices
- Gaming Equipment
- Drilling & Fracturing Technology
- Nanotechnology
- Smart Grids
- Computer Architecture VLSI design
- Microarchitecture
- Solid state electronics
- Distributed Systems
- Wireless & Digital Communications
- Integrated Circuits
- Software engineering & Design
- Operating Systems
- Digital Rights Management
We have extensive experience with claim charts and patent analysis, as well as patent valuation and patent portfolio audits. This includes (in)validity, freedom to operate, clearance and infringement searching and analyses, as well as patent claim reviews for inclusion as standard essential patents (SEPs).
We provide trademark application preparation, filing and prosecution support as part of our comprehensive intellectual property client service offerings. We docket and maintain U.S. and international trademark matters.
We prepare and negotiate intellectual property licensing and sale agreements and provide reviews of intellectual property terms and conditions in various contracts, including government contracts (e.g., FAR, DFAR, Bayh-Dole Act), employment agreements and non-disclosure agreements.
We are familiar with provisions of the GPL and LPGL and third-party code reviews.
We assist clients with copyright registration and provide counseling regarding protection and enforcement strategies for copyrightable material. Additional capabilities include DMCA enforcement and compliance.
We provide legal analysis, including pre-filing intellectual property reviews such as patent claim analysis and trademark reviews. Additionally, members have prepared expert legal and technical reports in support of intellectual property litigation.
We prepare and file briefs and conduct oral arguments in support of client positions in matters before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
We have conducted intellectual property due diligence reviews in support of numerous potential mergers and acquisitions. These reviews can include identification and review of existing patents, trademarks, copyrights, domains, litigation, key technology, key employees, as well as review of identified IP-related agreements and licenses.
Representative matters include:
- IP due diligence related to potential purchase of computer and network security company
- IP due diligence related to potential purchase of network consulting company
- IP due diligence related to potential purchase of ocean engineering company
- IP due diligence related to potential purchase of ship design firm
- IP due diligence related to potential purchase of radiation scanning technology
Why Choose Us?
Experience matters. There are few intellectual property issues we have not encountered in our collective years of practice. Together, we bring Am Law 100 law firm experience, many years of law school teaching, experience as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and judicial clerkship experience, including at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
With degrees in physics, electrical engineering and computer engineering, as well as industry experience from internships with Texas Instruments and the Naval Research Laboratory, we can and do handle patent matters across multiple technological disciplines.
Professional Team
Dawn-Marie Bey
Ms. Bey is our managing partner and lead attorney on patent prosecution and patent portfolio management, as well as IP due diligence and patent analyses.
Christopher Cotropia
Mr. Cotropia is the lead attorney on trademark, copyright and IP litigation-related matters.
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