Intellectual property
Barnwell Whaley’s Intellectual Property practice provides services and representation in the highly specialized and regulated areas of law regarding:
- Patent and trademark litigation
- Patent and trademark licensing
- Trademark inter-parties proceedings
- Copyright litigation
- Patent and trademark acquisitions, both U.S. and foreign
- Patent and trademark prosecution, both U.S. and foreign
- Trade secrets
- Unfair competition
- Alternative dispute resolution and mediation
Our core group of Intellectual Property attorneys not only know these areas of the law, one of our attorneys literally “wrote the book” on the subject: Lipscomb’s Walker on Patents (11 volumes) and Lipscomb’s Patent Claims (4 volumes).
With degrees in engineering, experience as patent examiners, expert witnesses and more than 65+ combined years working in this area of the law; our attorneys have the ability to discuss the intricacies of inventions with engineers and scientists, and relate that information to the layperson sitting in a jury.
Barnwell Whaley IP attorneys have experience in patent acquisition, prosecution and litigation in not only the United States, but also in the U.K., Europe and Asia. Our IP team takes client services seriously, working to advance each individual client’s business goals in the most effective, cost efficient, manner possible.
Our areas of practice include a broad range of technologies to include mechanical, computer software, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and more.
