What we do
We procure intellectual property rights by prosecuting patent and trademark registration applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and by assisting foreign counsel to do the same before intellectual property offices around the world. Our representation of clients includes appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) and work before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) at the USPTO.

We help our clients manage their ideas and portfolios of ideas, including intellectual property assets (patents, trademarks), invention disclosures, defensive publications, trade secrets, and domain names by providing various technology tools for that purpose.

We help intellectual property owners organize and understand their existing intellectual property portfolios. These services are offered both to our clients (for patent/trademark services), as well as for non-clients.

We provide oral and written opinions on various intellectual property issues, including the patentability of inventions, and the registerability and ability to use proposed trademarks.

We counsel clients on various legal, business and other issues that are ancillary to their ideas, inventions, innovations, marks, brands, domains and other intellectual property assets.

What we don’t do
We do not offer litigation services. We have, instead, chosen to focus on what we love…prosecution and counseling work. While both Matt and Steve have litigation experience, we know that our clients’ best interests are served by having a firm that does a substantial amount of litigation work handle litigation matters. When litigation looms or becomes necessary, we can and do help clients find suitable litigation counsel.

We also do not offer any services in anticipation of litigation, for instance preparing infringement, non-infringement, or clearance opinions for patents.