Our Firm

We are Intellectual Property Attorneys and Counselors for Today's Emerging and Established Businesses

We are an intellectual property (IP) law firm based in Palo Alto, California, the heart of Silicon Valley, dedicated to helping our technology clients acquire and utilize IP to create and build enduring and sustainable enterprises through the creative application of IP laws and strategies.

We represent IP clients from across California, the Nation and the World in IP litigation, analysis, opinions, strategic counseling, application preparation and prosecution, and licensing.

We have the technical expertise and legal experience to understand our clients' technologies and to assist them in attaining their business objectives in the global marketplace through the acquisition, utilization and aggressive enforcement of high quality sustainable IP rights. We have extensive experience in IP matters relating to complex technologies. We are registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and have experience in a wide variety of technology areas. Some representative technologies include:

• Computer Hardware, Architecture, Components and Systems
• Software and Data Processing, Storage and Applications
• Communications — Analog and Digital
• Wireless, Optical and IT Networks
• Optics, Lasers and Imaging
• Semiconductors and Electronics
• Digital Signal Processing, Encryption
• NanoTechnology
• Mechanical Devices and Systems