By applying technology to raw materials, we transform elements into the products that support daily life and keep commerce flowing. Technical advances in manufacturing processes coupled with advances in engineering materials have led to incredible innovations across industries, from additive manufacturing to textiles, from clean energy to food products. To be competitive, companies that make physical things are market driven towards developing products that are greener, smarter, and all around better. Finnegan has worked for decades with clients contributing at all points on the supply chain, helping to protect their ideas and novel approaches for meeting consumer demands.
From companies with mass production plants to those making a bespoke item using a single machine, manufacturers must know and understand the influence of IP law on their businesses. Many of Finnegan’s professionals were trained as chemists and engineers and draw from their scientific insight as well as their legal acumen to help develop IP strategies and navigate judicial decisions impacting companies in chemical, industrial, and materials industries.
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Our Chemicals, Industrials, and Materials practice includes attorneys and professionals with degrees in relevant scientific disciplines such as chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, and metallurgy, as well as attorneys with extensive experience in brand management and protection. Many joined Finnegan after holding positions in industry, at universities, or as examiners with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a disruptive technology with far-reaching implications for manufacturers, consumers, and intellectual property owners.
From basic elements to highly specialized goods, chemicals play a fundamental role in everything from the raw materials used in manufacturing to the high-tech products that allow us to communicate, travel, eat, and save lives.
Innovative technologies that produce renewable, clean, efficient, and affordable energy are paramount in the quest to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
It is no surprise that food and beverage companies invest substantial resources creating new products and unique ways to package and market them. Companies must protect these investments by obtaining and protecting the underlying intellectual property rights that result from their innovation.
Manufacturing powers the world’s economy and is a large, diverse, and highly innovative sector. From farm machinery to chemicals to telecommunications and everything in between, manufacturing plays a crucial role in producing goods across all aspects of the economy.
Innovative companies are developing products with myriad applications, such as tiny batteries, nano-structured surfaces that ward off bacteria, magnetically-controlled microbots, and nanofilament-impregnated contact lenses capable of enabling an HD virtual reality or augmented reality display at a user’s eye.
The oil and gas industry is investing in advances in both upstream and downstream sectors of the industry, from exploration to field and pipeline development to refining.
From protecting vulnerable crops, helping doctors improve their patient’s lives, and monitoring your vital signs, to improving the comfort of your clothing—textiles are everywhere. Textiles comprise a broad and diverse range of products used in myriad applications.
22-cv-09752, S.D.N.Y., Judge Abrams
1:21-cv-01610, D. Del., Judges Andrews, Hall
2-cv-00155, E.D. Tex., Judges Gilstrap, Payne
IPR2021-01531, PTAB, Judges Ahmed, Baer, Fenick
6:20-cv-00894, -00895, -00896, -00897, W.D. Tex., Judge Albright
6:20-cv-01080, W.D. Tex., Judge Albright
IPR2021-00214, -00215, -00216; PGR2021-00010, -00090, PTAB, Judges Kalan, Ross, Kaiser
1:20-cv-02802, S.D. Ind., Judges Pratt, Dinsmore
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