Practice Groups

The Intellectual Property Group advises clients about the myriad of complex issues arising out of the identification, protection, exploitation, commercialization, and limitation of unauthorized use of know-how and other trade secrets, patent rights, copyrights and trademarks. Next to employees, intellectual property is frequently the most important asset businesses own in today’s technology driven marketplace. Our attorneys assist our clients by identifying sources of intellectual property in the client’s operations and establishing programs to insure that the client obtains rights to, and appropriately protects, valuable intellectual property developed with the client’s time and resources. We work with inventive employees to develop invention logs and other necessary records. Our attorneys also develop supplemental employment agreements and non-competition agreements that require disclosure and protection of ideas as well as limit the use of intellectual property following cessation of employment. We provide counsel regarding the establishment of internal controls to protect trade secrets and ensure timely review of potential inventions and other protectable ideas to maximize the availability of domestic and foreign patent protection and obtain necessary registrations of copyrights and trademarks.

We advise clients about the licensing and other commercialization of intellectual property, whether as licensors or licensees, in licensing arrangements ranging from shrink-wrap, customized or value-added reseller licenses of software to licenses of inventions and trade secrets. Additionally, our attorneys have substantial expertise pursuing infringement and other actions to enforce rights to intellectual property and in defending third party claims.

Additionally, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP offers the Intellectual Property (IP) Audit, a three step process that focuses on process analysis, inventory evaluation and action planning and implementation. The IP Audit assists a company in ensuring that it has effective policies and procedures in place to generate and protect its IP assets. It also assists a business in fully understanding the scope and contents of its IP assets so it can make full use of those assets as well as preserve and enhance their value.