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Intellectual Property
Department
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The Gonzalez Saggio
& Harlan Intellectual Property Group brings together
a team of attorneys with diverse technical backgrounds
and legal services.
The Group understands challenges that businesses
experience and provides sensible advice designed for
this rapidly evolving technological and legal landscape.
By using an interdisciplinary approach, our attorneys
are able to offer comprehensive solutions that transform
great ideas into protected, productive assets. Our
clients range from small software startups to large,
established companies seeking to develop new technologies.
We understand that each client has unique needs, and
we tailor our services to meet those needs efficiently.
The Intellectual Property Group's practice includes
experience in areas of intellectual property law that
include patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing,
litigation, trade dress, domain names, proprietary
information and trade secrets, data security and privacy,
due diligence, unfair trade practices, unfair competition,
franchising matters, and E-Commerce and Internet law.
Services Include:
Patents: Preparation and
prosecution of patent applications before the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office. Aggressive protection
and enforcement of patents. Provide counsel in both
offensive and defensive patent strategies.
Trademarks, Trade Dress, and Domain Names:
Federal, state, and foreign trademark registrations.
Strategic selection, management, and enforcement
of rights in marks.
Copyrights: Registration and protection
of copyrighted materials, including resolution of
issues arising from works created by employees and
consultants.
Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets:
Development of proprietary information and trade
secret protection programs. Advise clients regarding
sensitive data security, data privacy, and breach
recovery issues. Draft and review privacy policies,
address security risks, and ensure compliance of
applicable privacy laws and regulations.
Due Diligence: Conduct intellectual property
portfolio audits and due diligence reviews in support
of corporate transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions,
and private offerings of equity and debt securities.
Licensing and Technology: Structure, negotiate,
and draft a variety of licenses for patents, copyright,
trademark, technology, and trade secrets, as well
as other technology-related transactions.
Litigation: Represent clients in intellectual
property lawsuits, including patent, copyright,
and trademark infringement and other disputes involving
intellectual property and unfair competition.
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Listing of department
attorneys
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| Patent Agent |
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| Jack E. Bradley |
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- Prepare patent applications, patent prosecution,
and licensing agreements for the world's largest software
developer.
- Experience handling patent preparation, patent counseling
preparation, and prosecution for a Fortune 100 data
communications provider.
- Diverse client counseling and patent/IP licensing
practice, including complex transactions involving
open source software, outbound patent licenses, cross
licenses, OEM software licensing, litigation settlements,
acquisitions, and joint development agreements.
- Patent preparation work for two of the world's leading
consumer electronics makers.
- Provide a Fortune 500 vehicle manufacturer with
on-site contract negotiation, drafting and reviewing
regarding service agreements, trademark license agreements,
consulting agreements, and dealer contracts.
- Represented clients before the Trademark Trial and
Appeals Board regarding opposition of trademark, application
registration applications.
- Successfully represented clients in reexamination
proceedings, interference proceedings, and appeals
before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
- Represent world's largest software company with
various open source software issues relating to licensing
open source software, acquisitions of companies, and
product lines, as well as product development and
integration of open source software.
- Provided advice and counsel regarding multi-million
dollar software and technology licensing agreements
for asset acquisition, including advice regarding
risks and obligations related to ownership, indemnification,
assignment, change of control, IP infringement, warranty,
and limitation of liability provisions.
- Provided advice and counsel regarding multi-million
dollar software and technology licensing agreements,
as well as consulting agreements, in connection with
an asset acquisition for a global management consulting
and technology services organization.
- Negotiated, drafted, and review of multi-million
dollar marketing, licensing, and advertising contracts/agreements
for a major company.
- Experienced with shared patent rights between corporations
and other joint ventures.
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