COZEN O'CONNOR | The Confidence to Proceed

Overview

Protecting your company’s intellectual property in this fast-paced digital and global age is of utmost importance. Your trademarks are how consumers identify you in the marketplace, your copyrights protect your creative expressions, and your patents enable you to exclude others from practicing the patented invention. All of these help distinguish you from your competitors and give you a business edge.

WE CAN HELP

The intellectual property practice of Cozen O’Connor represents a vital component of this integrated, full-service law firm. The lawyers in our practice can help you develop and implement protection and enforcement strategies for your intellectual properties, such as patents, trademark, trade names, domain names, service marks, trade dress, copyrights, such as software and advertising, and trade secrets, rights of publicity and privacy and franchising.

SERVICES PROVIDED

Our lawyers have experience handling a broad range of intellectual property issues including:

  • Patent procurement and portfolio management
  • Patent freedom to operate, clearance, validity, due diligence and infringement Opinions
  • Patent counseling
  • Patent enforcement

  • Patent interferences
  • Trademark clearance and opinions on availability and registrability
  • Trademark and trade dress counseling
  • Trademark and trade dress prosecution and maintenance
  • Trademark and trade dress enforcement
  • Copyright prosecution
  • Copyright counseling

  • Copyright enforcement
  • Due diligence
  • Licensing
  • Entertainment rights
  • Right of publicity
  • Right of privacy
  • Online enforcement strategies
  • Domain name registrations and disputes
  • Development of website privacy policies, user and membership agreements

  • Trade secret counseling
  • Counterfeiting issues
  • Price discrimination
  • Litigation and alternative dispute resolution of intellectual property issues

OUR EXPERIENCE

Our years of experience allow us to effectively counsel you on all related issues including protecting and enforcing your inventions, protecting and enforcing your trademarks and copyrights, and teaching you how unfair competition and false advertising laws can protect your business.

Our patent lawyers, agents and scientific advisors have specific expertise in the following areas:

Biology- Biotechnology, biological therapeutics, genetics, genomics, proteomics, molecular biology, immunology, virology, biophysics, medicine, and biomedical devices.

Chemistry- Pharmaceuticals, diagnostic imaging agents, specialty chemicals, polymers, materials, catalysts, petroleum refinement, organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, inorganic chemistry, transition metal chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and instrumentation.

Electrical- CATV, wireless and broadband communication systems, computer information systems, computer hardware, computer software, optical bar code scanners, semiconductor devices, electronic power and control devices.

Mechanical- Medical devices, vascular stents, surgical instruments, laparoscopic instruments, coke oven systems, papermaking fabrics, monofilament and composite yarns, extrusion dies, cooling and take-up systems, telephony, cinematographic devices, lubricating devices, safety devices, air filters, vacuum cleaner filters and bags, and biological and mechanical water filtration systems.

High Technology- Business methods, Internet, software, and bioinformatics.

Cozen O’Connor attorneys in the Intellectual Property Practice draw from a deep and broad range of experience and counsel clients in virtually all areas of business. Our attorneys have experience working in large and small private practices, universities, and in-house corporate legal departments.

OUR CLIENTS

We represent companies of all sizes, from the smallest start-up to the largest blue chip. We also represent companies in all sectors including the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, mechanical, electrical, computer software, chemical, financial, educational, manufacturing, advertising, non-profit, universities, food and beverage, concession, telecommunication, communication, internet service provider, entertainment, sports, service, and retail sectors.

ISSUES WE HANDLE

We recognize that your intellectual property needs are critical to your business and your future. By upholding the highest standards of timeliness and attention to detail, we can nurture, safeguard and preserve your intellectual property estate, regardless of its size. We handle all types of intellectual property issues that continue to proliferate as a result of today’s business environment, such as patents, trademarks, trade dress, deceptive trade practices, copyrights, counterfeiting, licensing, misappropriation of trade secrets, publicity and privacy violations. With the significant resources of a national firm, we can confidently ensure that the appropriate skills are deployed to competently and zealously handle your trademark and copyright matters.

GETTING STARTED

We view our relationship with our clients as a partnership in which Cozen O’Connor has a special role providing practical business-oriented legal advice that is intended to help clients address their intellectual property needs. Business can be risky and we view our role as helping you identify and manage those risks. Whether it is working to clear a new trademark, taking action against a confusingly similar mark, licensing copyright protected software, or filing a lawsuit against a competitor for acts of infringement, unfair competition or false advertising, you’ll know the risks and related costs involved.