We took over prosecution for a new client whose prior counsel could not convince the patent examiner that its invention was patent eligible. We re-crafted the claims and flew to the USPTO, armed with samples and reasons why the invention differed from prior art. The examiner and supervisor agreed to the changes, and we received a notice of allowance shortly thereafter.
We strategically counseled a client in a successful patent infringement litigation against a leading sports equipment company, resulting in a favorable financial settlement and withdrawal of the competitor from our client's product space.
In reviewing a patent portfolio for a new client, we discovered an infringement by a major competitor, resulting in an eight-figure damages settlement and leaving our client with a patent that now covers the bulk of its products in that particular market.
A client looking to enter into joint development with a major supplier was uneasy about background technology potentially infringing third-party rights. The supplier was unwilling to give our client access to the technology for conducting the clearance, so we entered into a confidentiality agreement with the supplier, met with its technical staff, and conducted the clearance investigation. Based on our confidential analysis and the trust we had built with the client over the years, the client went forward with the agreement.
After uncovering a third-party US patent that prevented our client from producing a particular product design, we discovered the corresponding European patent application had been withdrawn due to a prior art German reference and were then able to use the reference in a subsequent invalidity opinion. The speed with which we found the highly relevant reference enabled our client to proceed with the proposed product in a timely manner.
For a major medical device client looking to purchase a particular technology, we led the IP diligence on assessing potential acquisition targets, simultaneously guiding the client through an internal design process to develop similar patentable technology.
While performing a targeted infringement clearance study relating to a different feature of a client’s product, we discovered an infringement issue which was resolved with a change in design in under two weeks.
We partnered with an agricultural robotics startup to develop a patent portfolio including advanced pick and place techniques leveraging machine vision and artificial intelligence algorithms.
We represent and manage the patent portfolio of a startup in the digital manufacturing infrastructure domain to maintain existing technologies alongside securing protection for their continuous innovations.
We’ve persuaded the USPTO that several software-based systems for vehicle fleet management are patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and the Alice/Mayo test, and obtained patents to the systems.
We obtained patent protection for a luxury beach chair product leading to a successful pitch and investment on Shark Tank.
For a thermal wellness startup, we obtained worldwide patent protection and defended investment diligence to secure equity and debt financing rounds.
We defended intellectual property diligence for a battery manufacturing company resulting in successful initial public offering (IPO) via special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger.
We provided counsel to battery manufacturing company in the usage of open-source software and related compliance, contributing to the successful development of a mobile application.
We prepared patent applications and provided clearance opinions for a robotic kitchen startup, contributing to the acquisition of the startup by a major healthy fast-food company.
We worked with a multinational access solutions provider to develop and host invention workshops to educate employees at the company about intellectual property and to generate numerous patent filings.
We partnered with a client in the field of differential pressure indicators, helping them to obtain an extensive patent portfolio to advance commercialization of the company’s products into hospitals, labs, and manufacturing facilities around the world.
We worked with an e-commerce footwear company to secure patent protection for their novel expanding footwear and provided counsel on how that patent protection could be leveraged in advertising through different sales channels.
We provide counseling on patent strategy, patent searching, and freedom-to-operate for the official footwear and apparel brand of CrossFit®. We have also negotiated and acquired strategy IP rights for the company.
We have represented a well-known, privately-owned snowboarding manufacturing company for decades regarding patent protection for both hardgoods and soft goods, including various snowboard boots such as the Speed Zone Lacing boots and the latest Step-On® boots.
