Our Practice

Our lawyers provide an array of services to meet the legal, business, and regulatory needs of our clients, including:

Patent and Other Intellectual Property Services:

• Patent prosecution—drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the USPTO and coordinating worldwide patent prosecution
• USPTO proceedings—representing our clients' interests in proceedings at the USPTO, including reexamination, inter partes review, post-grant review, interferences, and derivation proceedings
• Patent opinions—providing patentability, freedom-to-operate, infringement, and validity opinions to help guide our clients' patent and business strategies
• Commercialization and licensing—negotiating agreements for the commercialization of IP-based assets and services, including licensing, joint ventures, distribution agreements, and strategic alliances
• Intellectual property asset management—developing and implementing intellectual property strategies that capture value from innovation by protecting key intellectual property assets and finding ways for our clients to maximize their return on investment in research and development
• Intellectual property litigation—managing and supporting the day-to-day activities of ANDA and other patent litigation

Business Law Services:

• Corporate governance and general corporate advice—providing access to an experienced corporate lawyer with the benefits of a full legal department, particularly for our clients without a general counsel on staff
• Employment and compensation—negotiating employment agreements, consulting arrangements, and change of control plans, as well as implementing equity-based compensation plans
• Contracts—drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements
• Financing—structuring, negotiating, and managing equity and debt offerings, including capital formation transactions, venture capital financing, and secured or unsecured loan transactions
• Acquisitions and divestitures—negotiating the purchase or sale of assets, divisions, products, or product lines
• Spin off ventures—establishing wholly-owned or venture-funded subsidiaries for the commercialization and use of assets
• Securities law compliance—guiding clients in complying with federal and state securities laws