- Counseling
with respect to proprietary rights, including invention disclosure
programs and incentive programs, and the relative value of trade
secret protection vs. patent protection, among other issues.
- Preparing
employee invention agreements, invention development and consulting
agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.
- Researching
and analyzing issued patents in the fields of proposed new products
and rendering opinions as to patent validity and potential infringement.
- Researching
prior art patents relevant to invention disclosures and rendering
opinions as to patentability.
- Meeting
with inventors to obtain invention disclosures in all fields
of science and technology.
- Preparing
and prosecuting patent applications in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, including examiner reviews and appeals
to the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals and to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Prosecuting
and defending re-issue, re-examination and interference proceedings
in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- Enforcing
issued patents, including infringement analysis of competing
products and obtaining compliance from infringers through negotiation
or, if necessary, litigation in the courts or before the International
Trade Commission (ITC)
- Exploiting
the commercial value of inventions, including negotiation and
preparation of agreements for manufacturing rights, distribution
rights, licensing and cross-licensing.
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