Your intellectual property is central to your company’s growth, valuation, and market position. Frier Levitt partners with clients to develop, protect, and leverage intellectual property assets through thoughtful strategy and comprehensive legal support. Whether navigating patent prosecution, trademark protection, IP disputes, or valuation matters, we offer a full line of Intellectual Property (IP) legal services to protect your business and inventions.
Our team can assist with:
- Patent, Trademark and Copyright registrability opinions, preparation, responses, and prosecution before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Trademark and Copyright filings
- Patent Infringement and Intellectual Property disputes and litigation
- Prosecution and Advocacy before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
- Trade Secrets
- Patent Invalidity and Freedom-to-Operate Opinions
- Strategic IP Due Diligence
- Patent Portfolio Management and Valuation
- Hatch Waxman matters and ANDA certifications
Building and Valuing IP Portfolios
Leveraging our resources, we provide clients with a full range of intellectual property services, including patent and trademark searches, preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and enforcement services to protect against potential infringement once a patent has been granted.
Valuing intellectual property rights is an essential part of effective IP management within an organization. Understanding the economic value and strategic importance of the IP you create supports informed decision-making, enhances commercialization opportunities, and facilitate transactions involving intellectual property assets.
Valuation is often required in a variety of business situations, including:
- Determining the value of a company for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, or bankruptcy.
- Negotiating the sale or licensing of intellectual property rights.
- Supporting conflict resolution, including court proceedings or alternative dispute mechanisms such as arbitration.
- Facilitating fundraising through bank loans or venture capital.
At Frier Levitt, we specialize in the valuation of pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetic, personalized nutrition, and biologic intellectual property for purposes including capital projects, mergers and acquisitions, litigation support, investments, tax matters, and financial reporting. Our team combines technical expertise in complex valuation methodologies with the credibility to defend our analyses.
Trademarks
Trademarks are essential to protecting your brand identity and the goodwill your business has built in the marketplace. They safeguard names, logos, designs, and other brand elements from misuse by competitors, while also serving as valuable intangible assets that enhance business value and growth opportunities.
Our team is dedicated to guiding clients through every stage of the trademark process, from clearance searches and filings to ongoing protection and enforcement. We regularly interact with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) on our clients’ behalf, including performing initial clearance searches, filing Trademarks and Service marks responding to Office Actions, engaging in discussions with trademark examiners, and navigating the appeals process before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board when necessary.
Trade Secrets
In addition to patents, trademarks, and copyrights, trade secrets are a critical type of intellectual property. Most states have adopted portions of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, allowing owners to recover damages for economic harm caused by improper acquisition or use. Frier Levitt attorneys routinely protect, maintain, and enforce clients’ trade secret rights, defend against misappropriation, advise on best practices for trade secret protection, and conduct pre-litigation investigations.
How Frier Levitt Can Help
Our team of experienced intellectual property attorneys leverages deep IP knowledge to create tangible value for clients. We work closely with clients to develop, manage, and defend their IP portfolios.
Frier Levitt offers a comprehensive range of intellectual property services across pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, and business methods. Our team handles all aspects of intellectual property law, providing customized patent, trademark, and copyright services tailored to each client’s unique needs.
Frier Levitt provides strategic, industry-focused legal counsel tailored to your needs. Contact our team today to learn how we can help you.
FAQs
If not, you may be putting the goodwill and value of your business at risk. Trademarks not only protect your brand from competitors profiting off your reputation, but they also serve as valuable intangible assets on your balance sheet, helping to drive growth and enhance business value.
Frier Levitt is experienced in all aspects of intellectual property, from identification and assessment to protection and enforcement. We collaborate closely with clients to develop, strengthen, and maximize the value of their IP portfolios.
In the case of software, copyright protection extends to source code, object code, and user interfaces, helping safeguard your creative and technical work.
If so, you have a trade secret. Examples include formulas, methods, algorithms, patient/client lists, software code, testing results, marketing strategies, and pricing information. Trade secret protection is a cost-effective way to safeguard IP assets, and enforcement can be highly valuable, while failure to protect this information can be detrimental.
