Connolly Bove Computers, Software & Consumer Electronics Intellectual Property Attorneys
With continuing industry convergence, the computer and peripheral, and software and consumer electronics fields have undergone dramatic transformations in recent years. Industry standards have evolved, product life cycles have shortened, regulations have been imposed, and innovation has accelerated to break-neck speed. The continual flux impacts multiple technical disciplines, and represents tremendous economic significance. Innovators in these industries particularly need to implement well-crafted defensive and offensive intellectual property strategies to protect and optimize the value of their core assets within a defined business strategy.
Connolly Bove’s Computers, Software & Consumer Electronics team is proficient at crafting and prosecuting patent applications, securing trademark and copyright protection, and managing comprehensive IP portfolios. We work closely with our clients, offering skilled legal representation to better assure the relevant products, technologies and inventions receive and retain effective protection.
IP Smart
Many of Our Computers, Software & Consumer Electronics Intellectual Property Attorneys Have Advanced Degrees that Strengthen Our Computers, Software & Consumer Electronics Practice.
The attorneys at Connolly Bove have the industry knowledge and technical backgrounds to understand our computer, software and consumer electronics clients’ creations and devise the best protections for them. With advanced degrees in the underlying sciences, including electrical, mechanical and computer engineering, our IP attorneys know the law and understand the technology and business challenges facing the computers, software and consumer electronics industries. We take a team approach, collaborating with our clients to develop effective IP strategies to assure that they get the most out of their innovations.
Working with a broad range of technologies, software and hardware developments and their applications, our team addresses the full range of issues, including those relating to:
- Semiconductor design and processing techniques, resistors, inductors, capacitors, nano-structures and vacuum tube devices
- Electronics and circuit design and construction
- Magnetic and mechanical storage devices
- Software algorithms and architectures
- Computer programs, procedures and documentation, application and systems software, middleware, and innovations that control and coordinate distributed systems
- Networking and connectivity
- Visible, infrared, and ultraviolet optics and photonics, fiber optic communication and transmission systems, lasers, and optical sensors and disc systems
- Consumer electronics, including computers, mobile communications devices, and digital audio, video and rendering equipment
- Digital media distribution, control, storage and retrieval communications devices
- Musical instruments and musical equipment
Our attorneys have extensive experience in patent development and prosecution in the area of computer software and networks covering diverse applications. We have prepared and prosecuted thousands of patents, trademarks and copyrights across a broad array of high technologies. During the later 1990s, when software and related technologies experienced explosive growth, many of our attorneys serviced that growth, and they remain actively involved in obtaining and litigating patent rights in computer software and networks.
The Connolly Bove team understands the importance of being smart and thorough when it comes to protecting IP. We work with our clients to create a comprehensive plan of protection up front in order to safeguard them against future competition.
With offices in Los Angeles, we are at the epicenter of the entertainment industry, which is heavily dependent on computer-implemented solutions. Our attorneys have serviced the technology law and business needs of small and large companies in the region for decades and represent clients on a global basis as well.
Business Savvy
Our Computers, Software & Consumer Electronics Intellectual Property Attorneys Understand Intellectual Property Issues as They Relate to Your Business.
The depth and breadth of our combined experience have prepared us to develop effective, high-quality solutions to our clients’ intellectual property law needs. We handle all aspects of IP protection impacting our computer, software and consumer electronics clients, including:
- Drafting patent applications and prosecuting patent claims
- Conducting accelerated patent examinations to assure the quickest protection
- Handling reexamination and reissue applications
- Handling ITC § 337 investigations
- Preparing, prosecuting and counseling clients on trademark, trade name and service mark selection, registration and protection in the United States and in foreign markets
- Negotiating and drafting intellectual property licensing agreements
- Advising on and procuring patents and licensing restrictions
- Providing patent infringement, validity and enforcement opinions
- Devising legal and business co-development and collaboration agreement strategies
- Providing advice with respect to export controls, counterfeiting and gray goods
- Asserting false advertising claims and advising on their prevention
- Enforcing and defending patent, trademark and copyright claims
We work with our clients within the United States Patent & Trademark Office, and Copyright Office, and represent clients before the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. When disputes arise, we review the options with our clients to arrive at the best solution. If litigation becomes necessary, we are skilled at and prepared to represent our clients’ interests in the district and circuit courts.
Client Connected®
Our Computers, Software & Consumer Electronics Intellectual Property Attorneys Find Advantages for Our Clients.
Our attorneys work with clients of all sizes, including individuals, start-ups, small and mid-size companies, and global entities, both public and private. We strive to provide the best counseling advice and idea protection while always considering client goals within the framework of their overall business plans and objectives. With a deep understanding of the complexities of industry technology, we are able to provide cutting-edge solutions and cost-effective service. Clients appreciate our commitment to their long-term interests, which we promote by carefully listening to and understanding our clients’ needs, and drawing on our depth of experience in the law and industry to devise practical solutions for those needs.
Representative Matters
Industry: Internet and Communications
Acquire, develop and manage patents for an Internet company seeking to build and license a diverse communications technology portfolio based on innovations created by in-house inventors. Assisted with successful sale of patents in the portfolio to a patent aggregator company.
Industry: Computer Graphics and Games
Draft, develop and prosecute patents for a start-up computer graphics and games company developing new technology related to computer games and advertising methods.
Industry: Entertainment-Related Technology
Develop and prosecute patents for a large entertainment company in the area of optical media, digital media distribution, digital special effects, production methods and other entertainment-related technology.
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