Services
Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm offering a full spectrum of legal services, including intellectual property, litigation, corporate finance, and real estate. Many of the firm's clients are leaders in traditional industries and emerging technology markets. The firm has a strong international capability through its offices in Beijing and Shanghai, the ongoing experience of many of its attorneys in the United States and its network of relationships with law firms around the world.
Attorneys in the firm's Patent practice focus on advising clients on how to protect their inventions and ideas in view of business strategies. Our patent attorneys are particularly skilled in successfully preparing and prosecuting patent applications in anticipation of licensing opportunities and potential litigation. We manage patent portfolios in a range of industries, including computer science, electronics, semiconductors, telecommunications, life sciences and biotechnology, medical devices, aerospace, and consumer products.
The services we provide include:
- Counseling relating to IP portfolio development and management;
- Diligence on mergers, acquisitions and securities offerings;
- Domestic and international patent preparation and prosecution before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;
- Performing right-to-use analysis and counseling relating to design-arounds;
- Preparing legal opinions concerning patent invalidity and noninfringement;
- Academic technology transfer, specifically working with technology transfer offices in assessing patentability, preparing and prosecuting patent applications and supervising foreign prosecution.
