Intellectual Property Protection —
Your Competetive Advantage.
We ensure your innovations stay
your innovations.
Our Attorneys and Staff Are Dedicated to Your IP Goals
At Lempia Summerfield Katz (LSK), we understand the tremendous trust you place in us to protect your intellectual property. That’s why we’ve built our firm with the dedicated legal team you need to ensure your innovations stay your innovations.
Our attorneys are all registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and are highly experienced at preparing and prosecuting patents, both domestically and internationally.
Based on your business goals and our technical and legal expertise, we implement intellectual property strategies that conserve resources, add value and give you a cost-effective and commercially practical advantage over your competition.
Most importantly, we strive to provide IP protection that withstands scrutiny by competitors or the courts.
Patent Prosecution
LSK’s main focus is on patent prosecution, IP counseling, and licensing in the following areas of expertise:
 Business Methods
Computer Science and Engineering
Electronic Commerce
Electrical Engineering
Green Technology
Internet
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Technology
Our attorneys use business and legal insight throughout the patent process to secure positive outcomes and maximize protection. We assimilate inventors’ technical information while obtaining protection that anticipates and discourages challenges. We also effectively analyze and opine on the scope and enforceability of competitive patents.
For clients with continually developing IP portfolios, LSK learns and adapts to your internal processes, working to efficiently prosecute your patent applications at a reasonable cost.
Reissues and Reexaminations
The reissue process allows a patent holder to cure a defect or change the scope of an original patent. Reexamination procedures can provide a less expensive and more expeditious alternative to litigation for challenging the validity of a patent.
At LSK, we bring extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting reissue applications and reexaminations. Our attorneys work diligently to make sure a patent claims all to which it is entitled, that any potential defects or errors that would cause a patent to be partially or wholly inoperative are remedied, that validity of an issued patent is properly challenged and that reissuance and reexamination proceedings are successful.
Trademarks and Copyrights
Your brand. Your creative expression. Your designs. Each of these elements represents your intellectual property and needs to be protected from those who wish to capitalize on your work—or to harm your reputation.
LSK’s services include:
Searching and clearance of trademarks
Application and prosecution
Licensing activities, including due diligence in acquisitions
We also provide international services in association with a global network of independent foreign associates.
Rates and Fee Arrangements
At LSK, our attorneys are dedicated to providing our clients the best value for high quality IP protection.
We manage costs by aligning your needs with a team of highly qualified attorneys with various levels of experience and billing rates. This allows us to be flexible, assigning the best attorney based on the needs of a given project, and using other well-qualified attorneys and staff to perform necessary tasks at lower billing rates. Frequent client communication and feedback helps keep goals on track and budgets in line.
LSK offers various fee arrangements as appropriate. These may include fixed fee, flat rate, hourly, and targeted average. LSK recognizes the competitive nature of our practice and assures you a quality product at a fair price.
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