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Patent Prosecution and Strategic Counseling
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Fish has established a solid reputation among the science, technology, business, and financial communities
for the highest quality of work in the most complex patent matters. Our patent practice has been ranked
#1 in the United States
and is one of the most well-respected practices in the world.
Patent work is one of our core practices: more than 200 of our attorneys are registered to practice
before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and more than 80 of our attorneys have PhD's.
In 2007, Fish filed more than 5,400 patent applications and obtained more than 1,600 issued patents
for our clients. Because of the depth, breadth, and variety of their technological and legal experience,
our attorneys are immediately familiar with virtually any technology. Our attorneys have special
competencies in life sciences, green technologies, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, medical devices,
computer hardware and software, and electrical engineering.
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Strategic services essential to business
We work with our clients to evaluate how their intellectual property assets fit into their business strategy
so that investments made in IP protection yield the highest possible return. How an organization handles
IP issues has a crucial impact on its viability and growth potential. Investors recognize the importance
of a well-managed IP portfolio. Unrecognized or unprotected assets can mean lost value for shareholders.
Avoidable disputes can unnecessarily undercut market position, destroy product lines, shut down companies,
and lead to potential legal risks for members of boards of directors for failure to have an adequate IP policy.
Our strategic counseling services enable clients to steer clear of pitfalls, avoid potential litigation,
capture the full value of intangible assets, and maximize the return on investments in intellectual assets.
Our clients draw on the wealth of our experience to find the best strategy to meet their own business goals.
Click here to view our Due Diligence brochure.
Global advantage
International experience enables us to help clients evaluate the benefits of a global protection and
enforcement strategy. Fish's office in Munich, home to the European and German Patent Offices, as well
as the German and federal patent courts, is positioned to help us serve our clients' needs throughout Europe.
Efficiency
We manage costs for our clients through efficient staffing. While senior attorneys oversee all patent work,
junior professionals do the bulk of the technical work on patent applications, unless the client chooses otherwise.
In this sense, senior attorneys truly manage work to ensure that it is
done efficiently and without duplication of effort. We believe in using technology to serve clients better.
Ninety-five percent of the patent applications we file each year are electronically
filed using the Patent Office's EFS-WEB online system. Our firm implemented an electronic workflow and file system
that gives us greater agility in responding to client needs and also allows us to offer our clients real-time,
round-the-clock access to matter information through FishLink,® our secure extranet site.
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