Oil and Gas is part of our work in Chemicals, Industrials, and Materials, and Energy.
While geopolitics continue to weigh, the oil and gas industry is changing as operational and technological efficiencies come to the forefront. Concerns about reducing costs, increasing safety, and protecting the environment are spurring advances in both upstream and downstream sectors of the industry, from exploration to field and pipeline development to refining. As companies develop new technologies and innovative approaches to address the challenges, it is critical that they have a sophisticated plan for safeguarding their valuable intellectual property assets. Finnegan offers a comprehensive approach to protecting their IP, whether obtaining patents and trademarks for new technologies, licensing within the industry, asserting IP rights to protect innovators from infringers, or defending against infringement suits.
Many oil and gas innovations combine multiple technologies and scientific disciplines. Finnegan’s attorneys have technical experience in a broad array of relevant fields, including chemistry and chemical engineering, electrical and computer technologies, materials science, biotechnology, industrial manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. Our talent pool includes former in-house counsel, patent examiners, researchers, engineers, professionals with advanced degrees—including 65+ Ph.D.s–positioning us to understand both the science at the foundation of our clients’ IP assets and the relevant legal issues. We help by:
6:15-cv-01855, W.D. La., Judge Doughty
IPR2017-01534, PTAB, Judges Abraham, Roesel, Tornquist
106,065, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Judges Schafer, Lane, Katz
5:10-cv-00747, N.D. Ohio, Judge Adams
Successfully defended American Petroleum Institute (API) in a trademark infringement suit by Choose Energy Inc., over its CHOOSE ENERGY mark.
5:14-cv-04557, N.D. Cal., Judge Grewal
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