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Provided by Foster Garvey PC
Foster Garvey’s Intellectual Property attorneys provide the guidance and knowledge required to help our clients maximize the value of their portfolio and safeguard their valuable IP assets. Our team helps simplify the process involved in the protection, exploitation and disposition of assets.
We represent the full spectrum of clients in IP matters, from individual inventors to small start-up ventures and global leaders of industry, with a practice that embraces U.S. and international patent, trademark and copyright protection, prosecution, litigation, licensing, portfolio acquisitions and counseling in a diverse array of industry sectors. We also have experience with trade secrets, false advertising, privacy, domain names and emerging technologies.
We serve clients in industries including aerospace, alternative energy, apparel, computer science, construction and heavy equipment, electrical engineering, electronic commerce and Internet, mechanical engineering, medical devices, powered vehicles, robotics, software, sports and recreational equipment, and telecommunications, among others. We focus primarily on the following areas:
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Foster Garvey has a well-regarded IP practice with significant capability to pursue litigation across borders, alongside managing trademark, copyright and patent work. The firm represents a diverse mix of clients, from large corporations to smaller startup concerns.
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Foster Garvey represented Chen & Razor in a patent infringement case in various Federal Court actions related to hoverboard technology.
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The team is able to sit with a level of complexity around the nature of our business, and are patient to do the research and understand before providing recommendations.
The vast knowledge and experience of the firm has proved vital for us. The firm's employees are responsive and provide guidance that helps us to make the right decisions.
The team offers a holistic approach and provides clear and workable solutions to problems.
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Ben Hodges' serves as the cochair of Foster Garvey's IP and technology practice and its litigation practice. He has a wide array of litigation experience including patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition-related cases.
Ben Hodges has the perfect mix of intelligence and commercial savvy. Any client would be lucky to have Ben on their side in a hotly contested court battle.
Claire Hawkins is well recognized for handling complex IP management litigation for a range of clients, often over copyright and trademark issues.
Claire is thoughtful and thorough in providing workable solutions for our company.
I greatly appreciate Claire's willingness to understand our business. She has put the effort in to understanding our work and lending her expertise in ways that will support our competitive edge.
Working with Claire has been wonderful. Not only does she deliver the legal expertise but she does it with purpose and provides assurances along the way that the matter is on track.
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Provided by Foster Garvey PC
Emily Harris Gant
Head of Department
Claire Hawkins
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