Intellectual Property
Protecting an Invaluable Asset—Your Intellectual Property
Through experience and education, Flaster/Greenberg's Intellectual Property attorneys help protect intellectual property (IP) crucial to both companies and individuals conducting business in emerging and growth industries that include biomedical, biotechnology, chemical, information technology, energy, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and telecommunications. Protecting IP is just as crucial to companies that need to succeed in highly competitive regional markets. Our depth of knowledge and experience in the complex area of "products of the intellect" ensures maximum protection and realization of value for our clients.
We offer a full range of legal services in matters of IP law, including:
- Patent and trade secret law
- Trademark and copyright law
- Intellectual property litigation
- Author and publisher agreements
- Employment agreements
- Licensing agreements
- Joint venture agreements
- Merger and acquisition agreements
- Research and development agreements
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Settlement agreements
- Intellectual property portfolio management and strategy
- E-commerce agreements and domain name disputes
- Intellectual property audits
A Comprehensive Range of IP Services
Our IP attorneys provide representation on behalf of a diverse range of corporate and individual clients. We offer legal services in several distinct facets of intellectual property law, including:
- Advice and counsel throughout the IP audit, IP identification and development processes, including the determination of inventorship, identification of inventions, determination of superior rights for a specific product or work, IP portfolio management and how to best secure and protect intellectual property rights
- Prosecution of patent, trademark and copyright applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, and with state governmental agencies
- Prosecution and securement of rights in countries outside the United States through a network of foreign attorneys who work in cooperation with our intellectual property attorneys
- Preparation of detailed analyses and legal opinions regarding client and third party intellectual property rights
- Litigation of patents, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, copyrights and related business torts in both federal and state courts
News
- Press Release(January 24, 2012)
- Press Release(November 8, 2011)
- Press Release(October 10, 2011)
- Press Release(August 31, 2011)
- Press Release(July 1, 2011)
- Press Release(June 10, 2011)
- Press Release(June 10, 2011)
- Press Release(May 19, 2011)
- Press Release(May 3, 2011)
- Press Release(April 27, 2011)
- Press Release(April 13, 2011)
- Press Release(March 22, 2011)
- Press Release(March 22, 2011)
- Press Release(March 16, 2011)
- Press Release(March 1, 2011)
- Press Release(January 5, 2011)
- Business Valuation Update(January 2011)
- Press Release(December 1, 2010)
- Press Release(November 9, 2010)
- Press Release(November 1, 2010)
- Press Release(October 26, 2010)
- Philadelphia Business Journal(September 28, 2010)
- Press Release(May 12, 2010)
- Press Release(March 17, 2010)
- Press Release(December 28, 2009)
- Press Release(October 26, 2009)
- Press Release(May 18, 2009)
- Press Release(February 11, 2009)
- Press Release(December 30, 2008)
- Press Release(March 26, 2008)
- Press Release(February 21, 2008)
- Press Release(December 11, 2007)
- Press Release(August 13, 2007)
- Press Release(August 13, 2007)
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
- Advanced Patent Valuation WebinarBusiness Development Academy(October 14, 2011)
- Flaster/Greenberg(June 8, 2011)
- Intellectual Property Valuation CPA CLE seriesMansfield Adult Continuing Education(May 19, 2011)
- Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO: Are isolated gene sequences patentable subject matter?27th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar(April 27, 2011)
- Patent Valuation WebinarBusiness Development Academy(March 4, 2011)
- Flaster/Greenberg(January 26, 2011)
- Inside the Law Office: Conflict, Bullies and FragmentationBar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession Fall Retreat(November 5, 2010)
- Flaster/Greenberg(October 13, 2010)
- Advanced Patent Prosecution: Complex Prosecution and Inequitable Conduct IssuesPBI Fourth Annual IP Law Institute, Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia(April 2010)
- From Concept to Reality: An Introduction to the Patent ProcessFlaster/Greenberg, Rutgers University Incubator Series(March 16, 2010)
- What Every General Counsel Should Know about IPDELVACCA IP Law Seminar Institute Series, Philadelphia(March 2010)
- Flaster/Greenberg(November 17, 2009)
- Technology, IP and Patents22nd Annual Guest Professor Program, Rutgers University School of Business–Camden(November 2009)
- IP Overview and Introduction to PatentingEMTM Graduate Program, Stevens Institute of Technology(November 2009)
- Maximizing Value of Intellectual PropertyDELVACCA/Flaster/Greenberg, Philadelphia Union League(March 2009)
- DELVACCA(November 13, 2008)
- South Jersey Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology Industry Alliance(March 20, 2008)
Articles & Alerts
- Legal Alert(December 19, 2011)
- The Legal Intelligencer(May 2011)
- Biorefining Magazine(September 7, 2010)
- Legal Alert(June 28, 2010)
- Legal Alert(April 7, 2010)
- The Philadelphia Lawyer(December 2008)
- Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution - Leading Lawyers on Performing Due Diligence, Pursuing the Right ADR Approach, and Settling Infringement Claims, 2008 Ed., Aspatore Books(October 6, 2008)
- The Legal Intelligencer(September 17, 2008)
- The Legal Intelligencer(December 5, 2007)
- Philadelphia Business Journal(November 30 - December 6, 2007)
- Legal Alert(June 2007)

