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Perkins Coie’s IP practice includes more than 250 lawyers focused on IP litigation, post-grant proceedings, patent and trademark prosecution, strategic portfolio counseling, technology licensing, copyrights, and trade secret and unfair competition counseling. Its clients include companies in all technologies and industries around the world. The IP practice has extensive experience litigating patent and trademark infringement actions, internet disputes, trade secret, and gray market and anti-counterfeiting claims for companies in the online, biotechnology, medical products and electronics industries. More than 175 of Perkins Coie’s attorneys have degrees in electrical engineering, computer science and life sciences-related fields. Perkins Coie’s clients benefit from its interdisciplinary approach to matters, which combines extensive legal and technical experience with strong corporate and litigation resources in a leading technology law firm. Perkins Coie has one of the largest patent groups in Colorado, including 15 attorneys focusing on IP full-time. Our attorneys are particularly strong with electrical, software, semiconductor, Internet-based businesses, business applications and mechanical technologies.

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Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation - California

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What the Team is Known For

Perkins Coie is a respected group with substantial experience in both contentious and noncontentious patent matters. The firm is frequently called upon to represent leading technology-sector clients in patent infringement disputes before venues including district and federal courts and the ITC. It draws upon a bench of attorneys with strong technical expertise to advise clients of all sizes on patent prosecution and portfolio management. It offers notable expertise advising Asia-based clients on US patent concerns.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Bing Ai
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Bing Ai
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Bing Ai draws upon an impressive technical background to advise on patent prosecution and portfolio management for tech-sector clients.

He is highly knowledgeable and provides strategic, practical advice. He has the ability to clearly communicate complex and technical concepts while tailoring his support to the needs of our business.

Sarah Piepmeier
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Sarah Piepmeier
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Sarah Piepmeier maintains a broad IP litigation practice, offering substantial experience handling patent disputes for technology-sector clients.

Sarah is efficient, thorough and a great strategist

Stefani Shanberg
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Stefani Shanberg
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Stefani Shanberg represents both startups and established companies facing IP litigation. She offers notable expertise in Section 337 litigation before the ITC.

Stefani has extensive experience and provides very practical and timely advice.

Stefani has extensive courtroom and first chair trial experience. She has a very sophisticated practice and is knowledgeable about patent litigation and ITC strategy.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

Sarah Piepmeier
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Sarah Piepmeier
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Stefani Shanberg
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Stefani Shanberg
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Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution

Bing Ai
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Bing Ai
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