Intellectual Property

Helping our clients to create, protect and monetize IP assets in the US and abroad.

Summary

gunnercooke offers diverse and comprehensive intellectual property services, from enforcing rights and defending against infringement allegations across the network of US federal courts as well as counseling and representation to procure and defend IP rights before key IP administrative tribunals such as the USPTO (TTAB & PTAB), US Copyright Office and internationally before alternative dispute resolution forums such as WIPO and ICANN. Together with our colleagues in the UK and EU, we provide comprehensive multi-jurisdictional services with a unique expertise in cross-border representation of UK and EU based clients.

Our advice encompasses:

• IP advocacy (patents, trademarks and copyright) in federal court litigation and alternative dispute resolution
• Filing for patent, trademark and copyright protection
• Negotiation and preparation of IP-related agreements (including patent, trademark and copyright licensing, assignments and NDAs)
• Trade secret litigation and counseling
• Conducting enforcement audits, due diligence searches and freedom-to-operate searches and opinions
• Filing and defending opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
• Filing and defending petitions for inter partes review, post-grant review and reexamination before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
• Domain name disputes before WIPO and ICANN
• Review IP portfolios to rationalize ownership structures and protect assets on a holistic enterprise level