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Practice Group Leader:
Our Intellectual Property Practice Group offers integrated advice on all aspects of the protection
and exploitation of intellectual property. Ranked consistently as one of the top five West Coast
firms in both intellectual property litigation and protection over at least the past 10 years by
Euromoney’s Managing Intellectual Property publication, our lawyers are pioneers of legal innovation.
We advise clients concerning novel issues under the Digital Millennium Copyright (DMCA), domestic and international privacy issues, software and business method patents, evaluating and implementing new business models around open source software, crafting novel technology distribution arrangements and implementing intellectual property audits.
Rankings
- Ranked by Intellectual Property Today in 2010 as one of the top patent law firms in the U.S.
- Ranked as one of the top Intellectual Property groups in California by Chambers USA 2009
- Also ranked by Managing Intellectual Property in 2008 as one of four “Best in the West” trademark prosecution firms
- Ranked by PatentRatings LLC as one of the top ten Computer/Software patent law firms in the United States
- Ranked by IP Worldwide as one of the top dozen firms that Fortune 500 companies relied on for IP litigation and counseling
- Secured one of the top 10 IP litigation payouts of 2005 — a $400 million settlement against IBM for client Compuware
- Ranked by Managing Intellectual Property as one of the top five West Coast firms in both IP litigation and IP protection
- Ranked by Managing Intellectual Property in 2007 and 2008 as one of the top 15 trademark law firms in the United States
Our core areas of focus include:
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