Intellectual Property

We provide a full range of services to help develop, manage and protect our clients’ intellectual property assets, from obtaining patents, trademarks and copyrights to addressing related legal challenges.

Bingham has more than 60 litigators, prosecutors and transactional lawyers practicing in centers of business and technology across the United States and Tokyo. These include the foremost authorities on U.S. district court patent litigation and Federal Circuit appeals as well as on International Trade Commission proceedings, interference actions and reexaminations.

We are highly skilled in complex litigation and patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law; 11 of our litigators are admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. And, just as critically, we offer former managers, engineers and professionals from research institutions, technology companies, universities and medical centers. We also have several lawyers with Ph.D.s and 19 lawyers with scientific or technical degrees.

Our team brings this winning combination of legal experience, technical know-how and passion for the work to the following areas:

Litigation

  • Patent Litigation
  • Trade Secret Litigation
  • Patent Interferences
  • Trademark, Trade Dress, Lanham Act and Domain Name Litigation
  • International Trade Commission
  • Copyright Litigation

Prosecution

  • Patent Assessment and Protection
  • Trademarks, Trade Dress and Domain Names
  • Pre-Litigation Investigations
  • Counseling

Transactional

  • Licensing
  • Distribution Deals
  • Technology Transfers
  • Systems Integration
  • Development Arrangements
  • Outsourcing