Patton Boggs Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation and Prosecution

Patton Boggs is widely regarded as to the go-to law firm for issues at the intersection of business and government.  We are well qualified to work with clients to create, enhance, and protect their intellectual property (IP) and solve IP-related problems.  Our patent litigation, prosecution, and counseling attorneys and professionals have significant technical expertise in fields such as biotechnology, medical devices, chemical, electrical, mechanical, telecommunications, and computer hardware and software.  We understand that IP issues are best approached from a strategic business standpoint.  The primary reason for protecting and enforcing IP is to advance a company’s business interests and increase shareholder value, and this philosophy guides and defines our patent practice.

• Patent Prosecution and Counseling.  Our attorneys use their scientific expertise and knowledge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to help clients evaluate new technology for patentability and to formulate and execute prosecution strategies.  We regularly handle complex USPTO proceedings, including preparing, filing, and prosecuting patent applications, conducting reexamination and reissue proceedings, and appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.  We also conduct right-to-use and freedom-to-operate searches.  In addition, Patton Boggs regularly negotiates licensing, confidentiality, and technology transfer agreements.

• Patent Litigation.  Patton Boggs’ IP attorneys have litigated and tried patent and trade secret claims in federal courts throughout the United States and before the International Trade Commission (ITC).  Our patent litigation group incorporates technically trained patent attorneys and seasoned trial attorneys to help make complex technologies understandable to judges and juries, yielding proven cost-effective results.  Our IP practice includes attorneys that have significant experience in successful Federal Circuit appeals as well as U.S. Supreme Court briefs.  Patton Boggs also assists clients in successfully resolving patent disputes through mediation and settlement.  

• Corporate/Due Diligence.  Our IP Department regularly assists clients in corporate transactions that relate to the ownership of IP assets as well as IP-related agreements.  In addition to due diligence work, we have assisted investors and private funds in buying and selling patent portfolios for investment purposes.

• IP Audits.  Patton Boggs’ IP attorneys help clients identify and determine the legal status of owned, used, or acquired IP assets.  Such IP audits allow business planners to develop informed strategies to maintain and improve market position and proactively set the pace for innovation in their industries, identify under-utilized IP assets, and determine any threats to a company’s bottom line.