Aerospace, Aviation, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is part of our work in Transportation and Logistics.
As companies work to develop more efficient passenger aircraft, provide alternatives to conventional spaceflight via the private sector, and expand the adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones, the need to protect these innovations has never been greater. With aviation and space technologies integrated as irreplaceable elements of everyday life, waves of extraordinary developments are expected to continue into the near future. Navigating these developments requires a deep understanding of the many complex technologies that enable the advancements. Finnegan stands ready and capable of protecting these valuable assets powering industries dedicated to flight.
While any attorney can simply know the law, strong intellectual property representation requires attorneys who are intimately familiar with, and genuinely interested in the technology. At Finnegan, we pride ourselves on having attorneys with degrees in aerospace engineering and years of experience in the industry, having worked for NASA, various branches of the military, and a number of leading aviation-related private companies. Our first-hand experience includes propulsion systems, airfoils and surfaces, avionics, maintenance technologies, tracking and communication systems, and flight-planning systems and software. And our background is not limited to a single family of aircraft: we have worked with clients to provide IP strategies in the aircraft, airship, rotorcraft, UAV, and spacecraft contexts. Our deep bench includes professionals with degrees, including doctorates, in related disciplines such as:
We help with:
2:19-cv-01480, C.D. Cal., Judge Wu
21-1082, -1363, Fed. Cir.
Represented DJI Technology in defending against patent infringement allegations by Advanced Aerodynamics.
2:19-cv-09705, C.D. Cal., Judge Gutierrez
337-TA-1133, ITC, Judge Bullock
Represented patent owner in a series of inter partes review challenges and related appeals to pioneering technology on next-generation aircraft engines. Successfully secured non-institution of several proceedings and claims, and in several cases that proceeded to final written decision, persuaded the Board to confirm some or all of the challenged claims.
IPR2016-00524, -00527, -00531, -00533, -00855, -00857, -00952, -01286, -01304, IPR2017-00428, -00431, -00999, -01123, -01489, PTAB, Judges Renya, Taranto, Hughes, Jung, Rice, Wood, Daniels, Abraham, Crumbley, Tornquist, Weatherly, Hoskins, Lee, Homere, Bisk, Snedden, Yang, Pollock
IPR2016-00855, -00862, -01286, -01287, IPR2017-00425, 00428, -00999, IPR2019-01489, PTAB, Judges Jung, Rice, Wood, Daniels, Weatherly, Hoskins
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