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Patents
Our attorneys all have years of experience in this core area of our practice - preparing and prosecuting patent applications. We regularly work with colleagues to protect patents in all the major markets of the world.
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Trademarks
Trademark protection is required for technology and non-technology companies alike. We file and prosecute applications for Federal registration of trademarks and service marks for our technology clients and for non-technology clients. Our worldwide network of trademark attorneys further enables us to protect your marks in overseas markets.
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Copyrights
Copyright protection attaches to the expressive aspects of works at the time they are placed in a tangible medium and registration of copyrights has been simplified to the point where many works can be registered by their creators. We are nonetheless available to assist our clients who are new to copyright registration and those who encounter unusual registration issues.
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Startup Company Representation
We represent numerous startup companies and have represented startups through successful life cycles. We are particularly attuned to the special needs of startups from inception to acquisition.
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Advice
We provide intellectual property related advice, legal and practical, based on the wealth of experience of our professionals. With JamesPatent, experience and advice are just a phone call away – when you need them, not when someone is ready to return your call. When your company is starting, we acquire protection for the intellectual property that is most likely to make you money – and only that intellectual property. When your company is growing, we protect your intellectual property rights from those who would steal them. We enforce your intellectual property rights using firm but friendly communications when they are effective and the courts when friendly communications are not effective. When it is time for your company to be acquired, we smooth the often rocky road through due diligence and help you get the value you deserve.We provide real advice with likelihoods that issues will arise based on years of experience in business, engineering, and law. We don’t use the big firm strategy of listing a litany of problems that could arise and admonishing you to consider them carefully before proceeding. The big firm strategy protects their deep pockets from you, it doesn’t help guide you through the pitfalls.
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Agreements
Agreements are the core of American business and we prepare, negotiate, and advise on a wealth of agreements related to intellectual property from trade secret policies to employment agreements and beyond.
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Enforcement through Licenses and Litigation
The Law Firm has represented clients in license negotiation and litigation and is prepared to enforce our client’s intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by the law.
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Opinions
We advise clients regarding the likelihood of success in acquiring patent protection and the extent of protection that is likely to be available. We also advise clients regarding the likelihood their products will infringe other’s patents. We have searched and drafted significant clearance opinions relating to new products for businesses in highly competitive areas helping them to tiptoe through the patents.We advise clients regarding the likelihood their issued patents will stand up to a claim of invalidity as well, which can be an important issue prior to selling a company or intellectual property assets and frequently an important early step when faced with the need for an enforcement strategy.
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Deals and Acquisitions
We have provided a gamut of due diligence services in our client’s successful deals and acquisitions, from meeting with buyers to assuring intellectual property is in proper order.
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