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Our in-depth knowledge and experience uniquely qualify us to handle any complex IP acquisition, licensing, post-grant process and litigation situations.
We adapt our approach and focus on customer needs. We begin by understanding the activities, goals and objectives of our client and work closely with the client to develop a strategy tailored to their specific objectives. We are developing a legal strategy that is tailored to our clients' resources, their risks, and their overall business objectives. Our lawyers in intellectual property and business law focus on quick resolution strategies. These strategies include early mediation, settlement through direct negotiations during the pre-discovery phase of the litigation, summary judgment and binding arbitration.
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Bird Law and the Fourth Amendment
Fictional character Charlie Kelly once said “bird law in this country – it’s not governed by reason.” In an opinion filed May 1, 2018, the Ninth Circuit disagrees, holding that the Fourth Amendment may protect an individual from having his apparently healthy birds seized by the city without a warrant. In Martino Recchia v City…
Your Start-Up Will Stall If It Doesn’t Own Its IP
As I’ve emphasized in other writings, the single most important asset of any business is its intellectual property (“IP”). Sure, good management is very important, but executives and other managers can (and do) come and go. A start-up’s IP, like a diamond, should be forever (or at least until it’s sold or tra nsferred). Among…