Intellectual Property
Strategic guidance to make the most of all your intellectual property
Capabilities at a glance
- Secured record-setting verdicts in patent and trade secret litigation, as well as precedent-setting appeals.
- Forward-thinking strategic counseling designed to maximize the value of our clients' assets while providing quality and cost-effective legal services.
- The dedicated technical knowledge of an intellectual property (IP) boutique but situated inside a national full-service law firm.
- Covering all your IP needs, from patent to trademark portfolio management and strategy, both national and international — across all industries.
Business-focused IP legal advice
Our IP services span a wide range, but from start to finish, we perform them with a singular vision: helping our clients achieve their business goals. That rigorous focus has helped us grow into a national practice of approximately 150 intellectual property professionals, advising brands like Molson Coors and world-renowned research institutions like Mass General Brigham. We work with clients to determine the best strategy to capitalize on all of their IP. From agriculture to genetics, software development to consumer goods, our advice to you will always be informed by deep technical knowledge and industry experience. We understand the marketplace you operate in and tailor our legal support to each client, based on your competitive context and business strategy. At Quarles, we also are value-conscious, a national leader in the use of alternative fee arrangements — and will always keep your bottom line in mind.
Experience across industries, and across intellectual property and patent law
Many of our attorneys hold degrees outside their legal training, previously serving as engineers, biochemists, pharmacists or other roles demanding deep industry knowledge. Our team also includes former patent and trademark examiners for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We have technical experience in areas including:
- Optical sciences and technologies
- Electrical, computer and software products
- Manufacturing technology
- Medical technology and pharmaceuticals
- Biotechnology and chemistry
From patent to trademark portfolio management and strategy, we combine a level of experience, knowledge and judgment that sets us apart from other firms — a team that helps businesses and individuals prosper through the protection of their IP.
Experience
- Patents
- Litigation
- Trademarks
- Technology transfer
- Commercialization
- Partnerships
- Preventative strategies
- Copyrights
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Intellectual Property Focus Areas
Intellectual Property Litigation
Everything we do, inside and outside the courtroom, is based on a deep understanding of our client’s needs and expectations. From the outset, we will endeavor to become experts in your products and wider business objectives, before developing a litigation strategy that is most likely to secure your IP and achieve your goals.
Patent
At Quarles, expect the best advice on patent law delivered with your business objectives in mind. Our extensive knowledge and experience give us a toolbox of tactics to secure maximum protection for your products, including which rules to leverage and in which jurisdictions worldwide.
Patent - Biotechnology and Chemistry
Our Biotechnology & Chemistry Patents team has built its reputation on deep technical experience of the industries in which you work. We know intellectual property protection in the sciences is complex; a wide variety of types of protection are available and the choice is rarely straightforward. That’s why you need sophisticated legal counsel from a team that understands the cutting edge work you do and the changing legal landscape around it.
Patent - Consumer Products and Industrial Design
The Quarles Consumer Products and Industrial Design team provides a comprehensive approach to protecting your IP assets via an integrated brand-protection strategy customized for your business. We know that securing effective patent protection requires the vision to see where a product is heading several years down the road and an appreciation for which aspects of the product will be most important in blocking copycats.
Patent - High Tech
Our High-Tech Patent team prides itself on actively learning and understanding your business objectives and the marketplace in which you operate. We routinely review new products, innovations, manufacturing and business methods to reveal protectable innovations. We then work directly with inventors, project managers and your legal teams to identify the optimal approach to protect these innovations, in light of the scope of competitors' patent coverage and appropriate design-around strategies.
Patent - Manufacturing
We understand patents are foundational assets for manufacturing companies. We approach patent prosecution, like all of our work, with an intense focus on how it impacts our clients’ business goals. We craft our protection strategies to best serve those goals and to most effectively complement our clients’ existing portfolios. We work with clients of all sizes to secure patents that maximize the value of their innovations and pave the road to the marketplace.
Patent - University Research and Technology Transfer
Our technology transfer attorneys have helped research institutions bring groundbreaking research to market, such as human stem cell technologies and medical imaging advancements. We have experience in all types of patent law, with clients of many different shapes and sizes in a range of fields. Over the years, universities, foundations, research hospitals, health care organizations, museums and clinical research organizations have all brought a wide array of products and services to market with our assistance.
Technology Transactions
Our extensive practical experience in licensing allows us to adapt our approach based on transaction complexity, size and business objectives — whichever field you are in, we understand you want clear, actionable advice on deals. Businesses of all sizes and types encounter what are often business-critical data licensing and IT issues, and we have the breadth of experience you need.
Trademark
Whether you require guidance in establishing proper trademark use, negotiating licensing opportunities, clearing advertising, ensuring regulatory compliance for your loyalty programs or litigating infringement actions, we have the experience to guide you. We always look at your trademark needs in the round, assisting our clients with brand counseling and licensing.
