A company’s product or service is its identity. A properly written patent can provide a company with a limited monopoly over its product for a predetermined period of time. Kritzer McPhee employs time-tested strategies of drafting a patent application in order to maximize the scope of protection. In addition, the firm is skilled at managing the prosecution of patent applications, including negotiating with the Patent Examiners at the United States Patent and Trademark Office to convey the appropriate scope of invention and fully protect the client’s invention.
Kritzer McPhee’s patent prosecution practice is one of its most active and strongest practices, and the firm’s patent prosecution personnel maintain both technical and legal expertise to ensure the patent application is crafted to maximize the value of the patent asset, and oftentimes leads to the creation of a lucrative patent portfolio. Our attorneys have experience in a variety of technical fields including electrical, computer, civil, chemical, mechanical, and environmental engineering. The firm is skilled in areas ranging from information technology (e.g., blockchain, AI, NFTs) to advanced semiconductors, financial applications and solutions, consumer products, medical devices, and more.
A company’s product or service is its identity. The value associated with a company’s brand can far exceed the cost of protecting that identity. A well-planned, robust trademark portfolio can provide a company with protection against intentional or unintentional confusion in the marketplace, effectively allowing a company control over the messages associated with its brand. The firm’s lawyers have been negotiating the scope of protection of trademarks with Trademark Examiners for over 20 years. Kritzer McPhee prides itself on working hand-in-hand with clients to develop and implement strategies to maintain and protect their trademark portfolios.
Kritzer McPhee is extremely active at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, working with trademark examiners to address any issues that arise during the examination process and negotiate with them to secure a favorable outcome for our clients.
Kritzer McPhee can conduct comprehensive searches to identify existing businesses which have trademarks (registered or unregistered) that could potentially conflict with clients’ proposed or existing trademarks.
The firm maintains close relationships with foreign law firms, allowing us to manage and guide the prosecution of client trademarks in the relevant trademark offices around the world.
Kritzer McPhee prides itself on educating its clients with respect to the trademark process. In this way, building, maintaining, and protecting a trademark portfolio becomes a joint process, allowing the clients to choose and implement strategies that will allow them to achieve their ultimate goals.