Intellectual Property
In today’s increasingly competitive global marketplace, where ever-changing technologies and accelerated product development are the norm, growing and maintaining your intellectual property (IP) portfolio and protecting your company’s investments and innovations are critical. Whether you are a global business operating around the world or an individual entrepreneur with an innovative idea, developing, managing and protecting your intellectual property portfolio is essential to assure your long-term success.
Holland & Knight’s Intellectual Property Team provides a complete range of legal services designed to help you protect your innovations and succeed in a truly competitive market. With a full understanding of the issues and challenges our clients face and extensive experience addressing all forms of intellectual property law, we are well-positioned to effectively and cost-efficiently protect your interests.
Growing Your IP Portfolio
Our team offers the technical knowledge and applied experience necessary to guide you in building your intellectual capital, from prosecuting patents and maintaining your portfolio to registering, protecting and litigating your patents, trademarks and copyrights to negotiating licensing agreements.
Protecting Your Assets
As you develop new products and services and your intellectual property assets grow, you will likely face increased business threats. You need skilled intellectual property attorneys, including trial lawyers, who can safeguard your investments.
Holland & Knight’s intellectual property attorneys have extensive experience protecting client interests before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and in the various courts and tribunals across the country. Our team includes trial lawyers who understand that each case presents its own business dynamics and client objectives. Our technically savvy attorneys are as comfortable in the courtroom as they are in comprehending your technology. We readily understand your innovations, grasp the underlying sciences and can effectively communicate your complex technologies to judges and juries. This ability enables us to successfully handle matters from inception through trial verdict and appeal when necessary.
We offer a broad array of IP services to safeguard your assets and protect your business, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition litigation; TTAB opposition proceedings; and the development, implementation and enforcement of the full spectrum of intellectual property protections. We regularly assist clients with the creation of anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting programs and the development and implementation of licensing strategies, programs and agreements.
An Experienced Team You Can Trust
Intellectual property is a key focus at Holland & Knight where we provide you with IP services from a global platform. Our intellectual property attorneys are experienced in a wide array of technical disciplines, with many holding degrees in areas such as computer and software engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Our team includes a former USPTO examiner who offers an insider’s perspective on USPTO rules, regulations, procedures and practices. In addition, our team includes some of the country's leading practitioners, a number of whom have been recognized among the top intellectual property lawyers in the country by leading industry publications such as Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.
When it comes to acquiring and shielding your most important assets, you need a team of intellectual property law attorneys you can trust. Working with our Intellectual Property Team ensures you direct support from a global network of professionals offering both depth of knowledge and breadth of experience. Our team is comprised of:
The Intellectual Property Team at Holland & Knight aims to protect your interests throughout the world, devising strategies to optimize your intellectual capital while addressing infringement and competition to enhance your market position.