Patents

Innovation drives business. We safeguard it across the patent spectrum – from complex litigation to procurement, assertion, and defense.

Reed Smith’s Intellectual Property group includes an exceptional team of patent litigators, patent prosecutors, and advisors.

We can help you protect your business by:

  • Asserting your patents against infringers in litigation or outside of litigation
  • Defending you against charges of patent infringement in litigation or outside of litigation
  • Guiding and obtaining patent protection for your innovation
  • Representing you in patent licensing and other transactions
  • Handling patent licensing and other transaction-related issues
  • Conducting freedom to operate analyses
  • Tailoring our approach to your business objective

We combine deep litigation and trial experience, technical know-how, and the resources of a leading international law firm to achieve our clients’ objectives in patent litigation – whether we are pursuing infringement claims or defending against allegations of infringement. We can help clients on a global scale, providing coordinated counsel across borders.

Our patent litigation team includes skilled trial lawyers and lawyers with technical backgrounds in engineering and the sciences, which enables them to gain an even deeper understanding of the technologies at issue and develop stronger litigation strategies. Our patent lawyers have backgrounds in such fields as electrical and computer, chemical, mechanical, and nuclear engineering; biochemistry; molecular biology; organic chemistry; materials science; optics; pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and nanotechnology; bioinformatics; computer science; and other specialized fields.  

Our patent prosecutors guide our clients through patent protection and secure patent rights worldwide. Our work spans a wide range of technologies, including artificial intelligence, computers, electronics, chemicals and chemical processing, telecommunications, consumer goods, medical technology (MedTech), industrial hydrogen processing, tactical and defense inventions, machine learning, cybersecurity, financial technology (FinTech), the Internet of Things (IoT), and various electrical, electro-optical, mechanical, electromechanical, and software technologies.

These backgrounds and knowledge of cutting-edge technologies enable us to gain a deep understanding of technical issues and better serve our clients.

Reed Smith LLP comes recommended for its sophisticated handling of complex patent disputes. The firm is frequently engaged by life sciences and technology sector clients to litigate matters in district courts and before the ITC.

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