Leading Patent Law Firm
Berkeley Law and Technology Group is a leader in U.S. patent law, handling provisional, utility, and design patents. Our experienced team of attorneys, agents, and staff understand all aspects of obtaining and enforcing patents as well as defending patents against patent assertions. Our team has been trained in diverse backgrounds in various fields of engineering and computer science. Some of our team members have experience as clerks for Federal judges.
- Patent Services
Our qualified team of professionals are familiar with a broad range of technologies and draw from a diverse pool of corporate and law firm experience. We are able to provide our clients with the following patent services:
United States patent application preparation, filing and prosecution
International patent application preparation, filing and prosecution through relationships with foreign counsel
Patent strategy and portfolio management and analysis
Patent litigation strategy and support (we team with highly successful litigators)
Patent licensing
Patent assertion strategy
Patent analysis, invalidity, infringement, and value
Patent due diligence
Patent acquisition
Patent sale
- International Practice
Berkeley Law and Technology Group partners with law firms all over the world. Through our established relationships with these international law firms, we are able to assist clients with foreign patent applications filed under the Paris Convention Treaty. We can also help file directly in countries abroad. In addition, our patent law firm regularly provides legal services to foreign firms that desire to nationalize a foreign-filed patent application in the United States
- Technical Experience
Our highly skilled team has in-depth and diverse technical experience to support a wide range of technologies across numerous industries. Our attorneys have backgrounds in electrical engineering, computer science, manufacturing, aviation, engines, and software, just to name a few. Because of our comprehensive expertise, we are able to provide the following patent services:
United States patent application preparation, filing and prosecution
International patent application preparation, filing and prosecution through relationships with foreign counsel
Patent strategy and portfolio management and analysis
Patent litigation strategy and support (we team with highly successful litigators)
Patent licensing
Patent assertion strategy
Patent analysis, invalidity, infringement, and value
Patent due diligence
Patent acquisition
Patent sale
- Strategic Prosecution
Our attorneys incorporate the latest legal developments into our patent applications and prosecution strategy. Due to our informed approach, comprehensive experience, and diverse backgrounds, we are experts in claim drafting and handling software/business method patents.
We have also developed unique solutions to address various issues emerging from a recent case law. This case law pertains to patent eligible subject matter, such as the “Alice” case. We understand the legal and technical issues that have risen from this case, and we are prepared to assist you with the complexities of patenting software and business methods in light of Alice.
We prepare patent applications and prosecute patents with a focus on enforcement, commercialization, and monetization.
At Berkeley Law and Technology Group, we understand that patents are a major investment. Because of this, we personalize our prosecution approach to fit our client’s specific needs. For example, we can work with you to take a hardline approach to maximize breadth or a flexible approach to reduce prosecution time and costs. We begin our process by evaluating your business strategy and prosecution objectives. Then, we develop a corresponding and effective prosecution strategy to support those objectives.
- Patent Reviews
Berkeley Law and Technology Group has a “roll up our sleeves” approach to patent and technical analysis and reviews. When we assist our clients with competitive patent analysis, we utilize a proven and effective approach for reviewing patents. Our knowledgeable associates have extensive experience with administration, due diligence, and “deep dive” patent analysis. Our various levels of patent review help us to stay budget-conscious by focusing our resources on the most important assets in the portfolio.
Our exclusive patent review services have helped numerous clients successfully avert patent infringement claims. We are experts with offensive as well as defensive patent analysis, and, with respect to adverse patents, we use our deep patent prosecution expertise and case law experience to support invalidity and non-infringement positions. We also provide opinion letters. Whether you want us to analyze your own patents and portfolio or that of a competitor, we can assist with ranking and rating patents based on criteria relevant to your goals and objectives.
- Portfolio Development and Patent Strategy
We know that developing a patent portfolio is a strategic process. Our associates have comprehensive experience with developing and managing patent portfolios for Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and start-up clients. Our portfolio development and patent strategy services include:
Helping you clarify your business strategy
Developing a near- and long-term patent strategy to serve your business strategy
Developing plans to execute to your strategy
Creating top-down budgeting for patent filing by patent committees and technology
Conducting patent harvesting sessions
Creating automated websites for invention disclosure submission
Creating quality review checklist for outside counsel
Creating engineer and inventor training courses
Portfolio taxonomy and white space reviews
Creating a targeted patent portfolio process with annual mining and review by technology
Creating competitor analysis programs
Creating patent analysis processes for adverse patents
Developing and implementing patent acquisition and mining best practices