Intellectual Property
At BF Solution our Intellectual Property Practice Group demonstrates the skills and tenacity needed to protect and defend the valuable IP rights of our clients.
Our lawyers, many of whom are also patent agents or trademark agents, are dedicated to advising clients on all aspects of IP, including brand and portfolio management, trademark clearance and prosecution, technology commercialization, IP litigation, and corporate IP strategies.
We can also guide you through a merger and acquisition transaction in regard to IP asset transfer and related issues. We offer our depth and breadth of services to a diverse client base, ranging from startups and technology incubators to mid-sized companies and large multinational corporations. Our IP Group includes lawyers who are recognized leaders in all areas of IP law.
They have diverse backgrounds; some are registered professional engineers or have with graduate degrees in science, technology or engineering.
The diversity of expertise and technical background within our Group enables us to ensure that the right person is entrusted with your business matters.
Our practice has deep experience in the areas of banking and finance, biotechnology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, software, telecommunications, and sporting goods.
We also represent clients in many other industries, including:
- Accounting
- Automotive
- Construction
- Education
- Emerging business
- Energy
- Equipment leasing
- Forest products
- Insurance
- Information technology
- Manufacturing and design
- Materials and aggregate production
- Media and communications
- Mining
- Municipal and public finance
- Museums
- Oil and gas
- Life sciences
- Public utilities
- Real estate
- Retail
- Steel
- Textiles
- Transportation
- Venture capital Indicated below are a list of services our IP team can help you accomplish
IP Litigation
Representing clients in patent infringement and invalidity cases involving diverse technologies.
Litigating trademark and passing off cases, for products and services such as health supplements, food products, apparel and footwear, technology products and systems.
Representing clients in trade secret and breach of confidence actions on software, high technology devices, and explosives manufacturing technology.
Patents
Our Patent Litigation team offers a vast experience with mediations, arbitrations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, and have frequently achieved successful results with these methods as an alternative to protracted and expensive litigation.
Our team comprises of professional engineers, scientists and lawyers with advanced degrees in electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering, biology, chemistry, physics and computer science.
We further work with our clients to strategically anticipate and reduce infringement risks to product lines and business activities, analyze patent landscapes, provide formal opinions of counsel, and, if necessary, defend our clients in patent litigation cases throughout the country With offices in key business centers and an extensive network of handpicked international IP lawyers, we secure worldwide patent protection.
Our services cover the full range of intellectual property services related to patents and designs.
Patents
Our services in relation to patents includes:
- Patent application drafting.
- Patent application prosecution.
- Advice on infringement, validity, enforcement in the UK and worldwide.
- Litigation support, especially in the USA.
- Due diligence for acquisitions and mergers.
- Licensing, including licensing out and in, standards related licensing and defenses against potential assertions.
IP Portfolio management.
We offer a lead trial counsel committed to individual client cases from day one offering a hands-on assistance in addition to actively developing the case strategy, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of case, evaluating potential opportunities for resolution and preparing the case for trial.
We are highly adept at developing and implementing global patent enforcement strategies for our clients and strategically selecting venues to increase their probability of success.
Acting for international corporations in defining and protecting their various patent portfolios.
Advising on the licensing of patented technology.
Advising companies and research institutions on innovation policies and strategies.
Portfolio management
Our trademark specialists support brand owners in developing, protecting and exploiting their brands on every level: from initial trademark clearance and selection to filing, managing complex international portfolios, and any enforcement and disputes that arise.
Acting for domestic and international corporations in searching, clearing, and protecting trademarks, brand development management and strategies.
Managing extensive portfolios for all ranges or clients both domestic and international corporations in diverse industries, including food and beverage, consumer goods, media and publishing, and sports and entertainment.
Representing domestic and international companies in trademark disputes, across various jurisdictions
Protecting against infringement by running watch services and advising on strategies to halt infringements
Protecting clients’ trademark applications and registrations against third-party attack
Our Approach
Regardless of your location, we will select the intellectual property attorneys within the firm who best fit your specific needs and will staff your matter accordingly.
Our team includes also include the investigative comprising of language experts, industry professionals, computer forensics specialists and survey firms, to provide you with comprehensive litigation support services.
This group regularly assists clients in seeking customs remedies and preliminary injunctions, and interfaces with law enforcement in prosecutions of intellectual property crimes. We at BF Solution are committed to protecting your interests throughout the world by devising strategies to optimize your intellectual capital while addressing infringement and competition to enhance your market position
Intellectual Property Transactions
Our IP practice team provides strategic advice to entrepreneurs and industry leaders across a wide range of business sectors on how they can decrease risks and maximize the value of their intellectual property.
Clients look to our Intellectual Property Transactions practice for guidance on intellectual property (IP) issues arising in all types of corporate and financial transactions, including:
- Acquisitions and divestitures of IP and technology assets
- Joint ventures and joint development arrangements
- Licensing and technology transactions
- Research and development agreements
- Securitization of intellectual property in debt transactions
- Technology services agreements
- IP portfolio development counseling