Protecting the idea
Intellectual property is a primary source of competitive advantage in today's marketplace, particularly for emerging companies. In many of the cutting-edge industries we service, success depends on the quality and viability of a company's patents, designs, copyrights and trademarks
Toward that end, we maintain one of the largest and most sophisticated intellectual property practices in the country to protect our clients. We have more than 40 intellectual property lawyers, and over a dozen Ph.D. scientists and registered patent lawyers. We provide traditional licensing, patent prosecution, trademark and copyright protection services, as well as advising clients on the protection of trade secrets and other proprietary information. We help clients develop strategies to leverage the value of their intellectual property, including their patents and brands.
Our Intellectual Property practice is organized to deal with all aspects of the marketplace of ideas and designs. Our approach is truly multidisciplinary. For example, our patent practitioners work with our licensing specialists, international trademark lawyers, and patent/intellectual property litigators as a unified team. Many of our team members have advanced scientific degrees, which allow them to bring in-depth familiarity and innovative technologies to matters, such as patent prosecution, technology transfer, and dispute resolution.
Learn more about Foley Hoag’s Intellectual Property practice or check out our eBook library, including Patenting: A Guidebook for Those Involved in Legally Protecting Products and Technologies and Trade Secrets: A Guidebook for Technical and Business Professionals Involved in Legally Protecting Products, Technologies and Services.
Resolving Disputes with Advocacy
As global knowledge expands rapidly, it is increasingly common that claims to ownership of processes, designs or products will conflict. When that happens, we can provide a team of lawyers that is well-trained and prepared to evaluate conflicting claims, to advise on strategies for resolving those disputes and, when necessary, to appeal to the power of the courts to establish intellectual property rights. Learn more about Foley Hoag’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice.
International Resources
The legal intricacies of intellectual property protection expand exponentially when a company looks to compete in global markets. To offer our clients maximum global protection, we are enrolled and qualified as members of Lex Mundi, the largest international association of independent law firms around the world. That gives our clients immediate and reliable access to the experience of leading law firms in more than 160 countries. Learn more about Foley Hoag’s involvement with Lex Mundi.