Practices & Industries | Practice Areas

CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CURIOSITY IS ENCOURAGED.

MORE THAN JUST IP COUNSEL.

We work with businesses and clients to develop strategic direction, backed by legal expertise, that protects innovations. Our practical, collaborative counsel, designed specifically for entrepreneurs and creatives, covers a full spectrum of IP matters conducted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

With a diverse team of legal experts, scientists, engineers and creative thinkers, we have extensive experience in patent and trademark lawfrom all aspects.

PROTECT WHAT MATTERS

OUR PROFESSIONALS expertly manage related administrative proceedings including both inter partes and ex parte before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

  • Inter Partes Review (IPR)
  • Covered Business Method Reviews
  • Patent Appeals & Interferences
  • Post-Grant Proceedings
  • Trademark Appeals
  • Oppositions & Cancellation Proceedings

A CREATIVE APPROACH TO TRADITIONAL IP MATTERS.

Trademarks

Pearne & Gordon’s professionals manage trademark and service mark filing and registration for clients worldwide. Whatever the needtrademark selection advice, procurement, portfolio management, license negotiations—we work tirelessly to enforce and defend your rights, helping establish strong brand rights while preserving brand value over time.

Copyright

With growing technology and extensive digital assets, protecting and enforcing your copyrights—from music to software—is critical. We work with you to secure global copyright privileges and ownership of copyright assets.

Patents

Whether it’s obtaining, licensing and enforcing patents in all technological areas or providing patent defense on a global scale, our legal experts help you best position your innovations while avoiding possible infringement issues.

IP Litigation

Trust Pearne & Gordon when you need accomplished representation involving patents, trademarks, trade secret and unfair competition, copyright issues, internet fraud, piracy, counterfeiting and more. Our attorneys are skilled in all aspects of litigation, mediation, arbitration and negotiation.

Trade Secrets

You need a committed partner to guard your proprietary commercial information, ideas or assets. We work diligently to secure your IP rights with confidentiality, non-compete, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements.

Unfair Competition

Shoring up your business: trademark and trade dress infringement, false advertising, dilution, trade secret theft, trade defamation, misappropriation of business trade secrets, freedom-to-operate opinions—we stand up against and combat deceptive business practices that undermine your progress.

Licensing

Pearne & Gordon provides judicious risk analysis to negotiate and structure coherent, robust licensing agreements and distribution plans that once in place will protect and commercialize your IP assets.

Due Diligence

Research, patentability opinions, validity studies, and valuation of your IP portfolio: we provide the data that positions you to make informed decisions for your business.