LEGAL PRACTICE
Patent Prosecution: Foreign and domestic patent preparation and prosecution is at the core of our practice. All of our attorneys are registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We assist clients in obtaining patent protection in numerous technical fields, and have extensive experience preparing and prosecuting original, continuation, reissue, and reexamination applications, including handling appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We also work closely with well-established foreign associates throughout the world to prosecute applications before foreign patent offices.

Intellectual Property Counseling: Procuring patents is simply not enough. We assist clients in developing intellectual property strategies that protect a variety of forms of intellectual property and serve the client's business goals. Our attorneys help clients establish and maintain programs to solicit invention disclosures from employees, choose the best form of intellectual property protection, and develop strategies for growing an intellectual property portfolio. In addition to evaluating a client's patent portfolio, we can evaluate a competitor's intellectual property so as to identify strengths and weaknesses and fine tune the client's intellectual property strategy. We can also provide our clients with complex technical and legal assistance in patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation, including patent litigation before the International Trade Commission, and pre-litigation patent analysis and investigation. We are also experienced in conducting due diligence investigations.

Opinions of Counsel: Whether facing the threat of patent litigation, seeking to design around a competitor's product, or wanting to analyze a new product with respect to existing patents, clients can turn to us for opinions of counsel. Our attorneys are experienced in preparing opinions regarding infringement, non-infringement, validity, and invalidity, as well as design-around and product clearance reports.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Each of our attorneys has one or more technical degrees in physics, electrical engineering, computer science, or allied fields. We have extensive experience in a variety of technical fields including:

Electronics: All aspects of digital and analog circuitry including: digital signal processors (DSPs), mixed-signal circuitry, digital and analog integrated circuit design, microprocessor architecture, programmable digital and analog devices (PLDs, FPGAs, etc.), board level circuitry, computer systems and architecture, storage devices, printers, and consumer electronics.

Software: System and application level software including: operating systems and kernels, file system and volume management, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), compiler design, clustering and replication, embedded systems software, data protection and availability software, digital signal processing software, peer-to-peer software, internet-related applications, encryption and security, electronic design automation (EDA) software, e-commerce and client/server software, customer relationship management (CRM), employee relationship management (ERM), database management, and computer graphics.

Telecommunication: All aspects of telecommunications hardware and software including: wireless systems, optical communication systems and components, network protocols, networking hardware (routers, switches, etc.), broadband systems and modems, network communication and storage, and network management software.

Semiconductor Processing: Semiconductor fabrication and processing techniques, semiconductor processing equipment, semiconductor packaging, and fab control systems.

Optics: All aspects of linear and non-linear optics including, conventional optical devices, optoelectronics, fiber optics, liquid crystal devices and other spatial light modulators, lasers, and holography.

In addition to these fields, our attorneys also have experience with medical devices, business methods, high Tc superconductors, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), nanotechnology, and mechanical engineering.