Intellectual Property

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Provided by Crowell & Moring LLP

Crowell & Moring provides a full array of intellectual property legal services to help companies obtain, manage and enforce their IP rights whatever their commercial field. Our IP lawyers offer a combination of skill and experience across the IP disciplines including patents, supplementary protection certificates, trademarks, designs, domain names and domains, trade secrets and copyrights. Our creative, innovative approach to all IP-related dispute resolution is highly regarded. With the backing of over 60 IP lawyers in our other offices, our practice is truly international in nature.

We have particular experience in cross-border issues, and in designing and implementing strategies for national and complex multi-jurisdictional IP disputes. In Europe we represent clients at all levels of the civil and criminal court system, up to and including the Court of Justice of the European Union, and we act before all relevant administrative bodies. We are also well known for our wide experience in arbitration.

Our lawyers provide counseling on all aspects of IP, including validity, enforcement, freedom-to-operate and infringement issues. We structure, negotiate, and implement IP transactions, including licensing and R&D agreements; we advise on IP portfolio management procedures and design proprietary information protection programs; and we offer training on IP protection, assist clients in establishing internal policing and enforcement policies, and conduct IP due diligence studies.