Our attorneys practice in all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. Bryan Cave regularly works with technology licensing and technology transfers. We serve clients in numerous industries, including pharmaceutical, biotechnical (including research tools, diagnostics, recombinant DNA, proteomics, genomics, etc.), chemical (including metallocene catalysts, polyolefins, and novel methods for their manufacture), medical device (including various implantable devices), electrical and computer technologies (including business methods). We handle formal adversary proceedings involving these industries, including litigation at the district court, ITC, and federal circuit levels, as well as litigation before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences at the US Patent and Trademark Office. We also prepare and prosecute patent and trademark applications, prepare license agreements with respect to such intellectual property, and prosecute trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board of the US Patent and Trademark Office. We also routinely handle patent and trademark due diligence, opinions (including patent clearance, validity, and noninfringement opinions), and counseling related to all aspects of intellectual property.

The intellectual property attorneys in our Life Sciences and Health Care Client Service Group successfully represent clients before the Patent and Trademark Office, and appear before tribunals that review decisions in patent, trademark and service mark cases. Our intellectual property attorneys represent clients before domestic and foreign government agencies and in various tribunals including state and federal courts and the International Trade Commission.

Bryan Cave’s intellectual property attorneys have substantive training and experience in a diverse array of technologies underlying the life sciences and health care industry including, biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and genomics. Intellectual property attorneys in our Life Sciences and Health Care Client Service Group routinely handle matters in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, and medical device fields. Because these attorneys are active in technology-driven fields, they delivers industry specific practical knowledge, as well as technical knowledge.

Bryan Cave’s attorneys engage in prosecuting and defending patent infringement cases and have litigated a benchmark case relating to the ownership of donated tissue samples.