Your company has conceived a cutting-edge product or a novel way to advance a technique. Before sharing it with the world, even before fully investing in the innovative concept, you owe it to your team and investors to work with intellectual property professionals to understand the protections needed and to develop a strategy for staking your claim in the market. Finnegan professionals have decades of experience in IP law, enabling them to build solid and effective prosecution strategies, from idea to issuance and beyond. And by beyond, we don’t just help you think about individual inventions. We help you design a sophisticated portfolio of coordinated IP that can include a balance of layered patent and trade secret as well as trademark and copyright protections.
Finnegan is there with you every step of the way, starting from the initial stages of evaluating discoveries for patentability. From there, our team will work closely with you in the process of obtaining patents worldwide, through appeals and any post grant challenges that may arise. They will also advise during the trademark selection and clearance process to guide prosecution and help develop and maintain strong brand and market positions.
We manage worldwide IP portfolios across industries with a focus on global strategies and nuanced IP protection options in clients’ countries/regions of interest. Through our jurisdictional practices and our curated network of lawyers and agents around the world, we ensure clients receive the highest level of service in achieving their global objectives for their IP. We work with our clients’ business, legal, technical, and marketing staffs to develop robust IP portfolios that align with their objectives. Our professionals are trained to draft and prosecute applications strategically and with the clients’ interests and instructions always at the forefront.
Protecting and promoting innovation and market trust is a foundational tenet for Finnegan. Through a culture of service and leadership in professional bar, legal, and trade associations, we collaborate with colleagues in industry and government in promoting IP rights and high professional standards. Organizations we are involved with include American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); American Bar Association; Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP); Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA); Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA); European Patent Institute (EPI); Federation Internationale des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle (FICPI); German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property & Copyright (GRUR); Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi); Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO); International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); International Trademark Association (INTA); and MARQUES.
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has the authority to hear and adjudicate appeals from applicants on adverse patentability decisions in patent applications and patent reissues and reexaminations.
To maintain a competitive advantage, companies and organizations need clear guidance in German, UK, and US intellectual property law and creative solutions to protect their copyrighted works.
Your designs separate you from the competition, make your products distinctive, and help preserve your competitive advantage.
To be viable and competitive, a company’s business plan must include a comprehensive and proactive intellectual property strategy—investors expect it, and the marketplace demands it.
To turn your idea into a valuable asset, you need professionals trained to draft and prosecute patent applications strategically, through a litigation lens, and with the clients’ interests and instructions always at the forefront.
Reexamination allows anyone to test the validity of a U.S. patent.
Applying for a reissue allows patent owners to correct errors in U.S. patents.
If your patented innovation will be developed into a product subject to regulatory approval, the patent life can be extended through Patent Term Extension (PTE) or Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC).
View Patent Term Extension (PTE) and Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC)
A Standard Essential Patent (SEP) is an invention that is incorporated into the standard for a certain technology. Handling SEP litigation and license negotiations requires a particular type of experience.
Intense competition, employee mobility, and the proliferation of spin-off and startup businesses make the trade secret protection critical.
Counseling during the early phases of trademark development helps avoid costly conflicts or enforcement problems down the road.
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