Intellectual Property Law

The staff at Michaelson & Associates has extensive experience in intellectual property law. Our members have worked in the intellectual property law departments of major corporations such as Bell Laboratories, Siemens, and major law firms.

A blend of legal, scientific and technical expertise allows us to provide a broad spectrum of legal services, including:

• Mediation, arbitration and neutral evaluations of intellectual property disputes
• Patent application preparation and prosecution
• Inter- and ex-parte proceedings in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• Foreign patent and trademark protection
• Intellectual property and unfair competition litigation in U.S. Courts
• Licensing of intellectual property
• Trade secret protection
• Intellectual counseling for both established and start-up organizations
• Merger, acquisition and divestiture due diligence
• Intellectual property portfolio asset management and valuation, in coordination with investment advisors, corporate law firms, tax, accounting and valuation specialists
• "Virtual" in-house counsel

Areas of Expertise

Our intellectual property law experience covers many different technologies. Please contact us to ask about a specific technology if you do not see it here. A link to patent and trademark forms is included at the bottom of this section.

Electronics/Computers

• Telecommunications
• Computer hardware & software
• Signal processing
• General electronics
• Industrial automation and circuit protection
• Medical imaging

Physics

• Optics
• Semiconductors
• Magnetic devices
• Lasers and masers
• Acoustic wave devices
• IR detection
• Radar
• Nuclear physics/plasma physics
• Micro sensors

Electromechanical and Mechanical Devices and Systems

• Automotive devices
• Industrial circuit protection and control
• Industrial drives and motion control
• Manufacturing equipment
• Sporting goods
• Power tools
• Pumps
• Printing & copying equipment
• Medical devices
• Household appliances
• Power generation
• Firearms

Chemistry

• Pharmaceuticals
• Genetic engineering
• Polymers
• Crystal growth
• Detergents
• Catalysts
• Inorganic/organic compounds
• Synthetics

Material Sciences

• Metallurgy
• Ceramics