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Good decisions start with candid advice.IP litigation can be expensive, uncertain, and disruptive. The best outcome is often one that never reaches the courtroom because someone asked the right questions early, got a clear answer, and made an informed decision about whether and how to proceed. That is the work this practice area is built around.
We provide opinions and due diligence to clients making decisions that turn on IP risk. Those decisions take many forms: a company assessing whether a competitor’s patent is valid or infringed before launching a product; an acquirer evaluating an IP portfolio in a transaction; a patentee deciding whether a litigation threat is real or opportunistic; a licensee assessing what a patent actually covers before agreeing to pay for it. In each case, what the client needs is a clear, considered view of where they stand and what they should do.
Our opinions cover freedom-to-operate, infringement, validity, and clearance. We also support IP due diligence in M&A and licensing transactions, advising on portfolio strength, claim scope, validity risk, and the litigation exposure a buyer or licensee is assuming.
An opinion from this firm is written to be used. It reflects our honest view of the law as it applies to the facts, stated plainly enough that a business decision can be made on the basis of it. If the answer is not the one the client was hoping for, we say so.