Intellectual Property
Protecting & enforcing your intellectual property rights
Nelson Mullins combines experience, a command of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and other regulatory agency processes, PTAB and trial skills, and an appreciation for the importance of innovation to your business to help achieve results.
Our firm’s attorneys have deep experience in patent preparation, prosecution, opinions, client counseling, post-grant practice, and litigation. Our IP attorneys have represented clients in IP litigation and transactions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. That’s why clients with worldwide patent and trademark portfolios trust our IP attorneys to manage and enhance their portfolios, protect their rights, and avoid infringement pitfalls.
Litigating and resolving a wide range of disputes
From the beginning of an issue, we seek to find business solutions to clients’ problems. Sometimes that requires us to demonstrate our trial skills in the courtroom. Many times it allows us to resolve IP issues without litigation. Our experience includes patent infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement and dilution, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition, and copyright infringement.
We help clients with false advertising claims, including representing clients before the National Advertising Division of the Council on Better Business Bureaus. We also handle counterfeiting claims, cybersquatting claims through ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, internet, domain names and social media, restrictive covenants, rights of privacy and publicity.
We bring clients a team well-versed in the substantive and procedural issues, including obtaining and defending against temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions often sought in IP actions.
Understanding the science, relaying complex matters to judges and juries
Nelson Mullins’ IP group includes attorneys registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, attorneys with technical degrees, including electrical engineering, biochemistry, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Our team also includes former judicial clerks with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and former Patent Examiners, and attorneys who serve as thought leaders, through roles as adjunct intellectual property law professors at local law schools and authors of various publications.
Clients span industry sectors and range from entrepreneurs to research institutions to established household names
Clients from many of today’s high-profile industries select us to work side-by-side with them, including medical and research institutions, global specialty chemical companies, financial institutions, and clients in a range of business areas, including: electronic commerce, telecommunications, computer software, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, manufacturing, and outdoor industry sectors.
Broad experience includes creating and protecting large patent and trademark portfolios, and managing risks through due diligence
We bring to clients a team experienced in helping to ensure that a client’s intellectual property is protected, whether by patents, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets.
In the past few years, we have handled more than 2,500 patents and more than 2,900 patent applications in 50+ countries.
We handle global patent portfolio management, licensing agreements – including next-generation technology protection.
We assist with trademark clearance in the United States and internationally and registration, including using the Madrid System. We conduct intellectual property due diligence for public offerings, fundraising transactions, and acquisitions. Our practices are based on efficient and time-tested practice parameters designed by attorneys with experience managing private practice and in-house international filing programs.
Efficiencies through project management and technology
Every engagement begins with an understanding of our clients’ business goals and technology.
Our experience enables us to bring practical, solutions-oriented perspectives. We implement proven project management practices and leverage technology to enable us to efficiently manage, monitor, and respond to client needs and issues quickly and effectively.
Our strengths include
Litigating and resolving a wide range of disputes
From the beginning of an issue, we seek to find business solutions to clients’ problems. Sometimes that requires us to demonstrate our trial skills in the courtroom. Many times it allows us to resolve IP issues without litigation. Our experience includes patent infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement and dilution, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition, and copyright infringement.
We help clients with false advertising claims, including representing clients before the National Advertising Division of the Council on Better Business Bureaus. We also handle counterfeiting claims, cybersquatting claims through ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, internet, domain names and social media, restrictive covenants, rights of privacy and publicity.
We bring clients a team well-versed in the substantive and procedural issues, including obtaining and defending against temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions often sought in IP actions.
Understanding the science, relaying complex matters to judges and juries
Nelson Mullins’ IP group includes attorneys registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, attorneys with technical degrees, including electrical engineering, biochemistry, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Our team also includes former judicial clerks with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and former Patent Examiners, and attorneys who serve as thought leaders, through roles as adjunct intellectual property law professors at local law schools and authors of various publications.
Clients span industry sectors and range from entrepreneurs to research institutions to established household names
Clients from many of today’s high-profile industries select us to work side-by-side with them, including medical and research institutions, global specialty chemical companies, financial institutions, and clients in a range of business areas, including: electronic commerce, telecommunications, computer software, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, manufacturing, and outdoor industry sectors.
Broad experience includes creating and protecting large patent and trademark portfolios, and managing risks through due diligence
We bring to clients a team experienced in helping to ensure that a client’s intellectual property is protected, whether by patents, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets.
In the past few years, we have handled more than 2,500 patents and more than 2,900 patent applications in 50+ countries.
We handle global patent portfolio management, licensing agreements – including next-generation technology protection.
We assist with trademark clearance in the United States and internationally and registration, including using the Madrid System. We conduct intellectual property due diligence for public offerings, fundraising transactions, and acquisitions. Our practices are based on efficient and time-tested practice parameters designed by attorneys with experience managing private practice and in-house international filing programs.
Efficiencies through project management and technology
Every engagement begins with an understanding of our clients’ business goals and technology.
Our experience enables us to bring practical, solutions-oriented perspectives. We implement proven project management practices and leverage technology to enable us to efficiently manage, monitor, and respond to client needs and issues quickly and effectively.
- Deep knowledge of the law and science
- Seasoned trial attorneys − experience and ability trying cases to verdict wherever necessary
- Solution-driven – helping to achieve business objectives, build and protect strong intellectual property portfolios, commercialize products, and manage risks in connection with intellectual property assets
- Quality service and cost efficiency – we structure client service relationships using a range of fee arrangements that include predictable fee structures designed to enhance budget predictability
