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Intellectual Property
Comprehensive Intellectual Property Counsel
Bracewell has one of the most highly regarded intellectual property practices in the country. Our lawyers are consistently ranked as leading practitioners in IAM Patent 1000, Managing Intellectual Property and World IP Review. Our practice is also ranked in Chambers USA and Legal 500 US.
We provide a comprehensive approach to intellectual property matters, including patent prosecution, trademarks and copyrights, outsourcing and licensing, technology transactions, joint venture agreements and IP litigation. We advise a range of companies in protecting their vital IP assets, including Apache, Baker Hughes, Big Fish Games, BJ Services, Cheniere, HTC Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Maitlin & Partners, Nordstrom, Opportune, Saudi Aramco, Sysco, Tetra Technologies, Toshiba and Xiaomi.
Our team includes patent attorneys with technical degrees in chemical, electrical, mechanical, industrial and architectural engineering, as well as in computer science, physics, chemistry, applied math, biology and industrial biotechnology. Our lawyers also have advanced degrees in electrical engineering, chemistry, pharmacology, and business. Many of our lawyers built highly successful careers at research institutions, regulatory agencies and major public and private companies before joining us.
Our strong technology experience supports our extensive case work in energy, e-commerce, software, semiconductor, biomedical, financial, government infrastructure, trademark, domain names, copyright, data security and various other technology media. This strong bench enables us to serve as trusted advisors to clients as they plan and develop their intellectual property strategies.
We also work closely with lawyers in other Bracewell practices to provide intellectual property solutions in connection with company formation, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution and litigation, audits, due diligence and other business concerns.
Areas of Focus
Patents
Our IP team leverages its technical and industry knowledge to file, prepare, prosecute and enforce patents and protect the core interests of our US and international clients’ businesses.
We navigate the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) process as advocates and regularly collaborate with intellectual property and general practice firms across the world for managing and enforcing our clients’ intellectual assets abroad. Our team includes numerous former USPTO examiners, who bring a detailed understanding of the prosecution process and its challenges. We have experience with all post-issuance proceedings, including inter partes review, post-grant review and covered business methods. We also handle appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Meet the teamTechnology Transactions
We leverage deep industry experience to advise our clients in connection with technology-related legal issues. Our team dedicates its efforts to commercial transactions driven by technology. Our goal is to create effective business advantages for our clients and protect their intellectual property from infringement, while maximizing the return on the intellectual property investment.
We represent clients across an array of sectors, including biotechnology, clean technology, consumer products, communications, commercial aviation, e-commerce, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, medical devices, retail, renewables and alternative energy, semiconductors, social media and games, and software.
We also protect our clients’ intellectual property rights in development agreements, research agreements, confidentiality agreements, trade secret and know-how agreements, and employment and consulting agreements.
Meet the teamTrademark & Copyrights
We advise clients on every aspect of US and international brand protection. We have considerable experience in high-volume searching and clearance, as well as high-volume prosecution. Our lawyers also help clients develop trademark enforcement programs, which focus on the identification and elimination of trademark infringement with a minimum of expense.
Our lawyers have significant experience in litigating trademark matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts across the United States, as well in administrative bodies and courts around the world.
Meet the team
Patents
Our IP team leverages its technical and industry knowledge to file, prepare, prosecute and enforce patents and protect the core interests of our US and international clients’ businesses.
We navigate the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) process as advocates and regularly collaborate with intellectual property and general practice firms across the world for managing and enforcing our clients’ intellectual assets abroad. Our team includes numerous former USPTO examiners, who bring a detailed understanding of the prosecution process and its challenges. We have experience with all post-issuance proceedings, including inter partes review, post-grant review and covered business methods. We also handle appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Meet the team
Technology Transactions
We leverage deep industry experience to advise our clients in connection with technology-related legal issues. Our team dedicates its efforts to commercial transactions driven by technology. Our goal is to create effective business advantages for our clients and protect their intellectual property from infringement, while maximizing the return on the intellectual property investment.
We represent clients across an array of sectors, including biotechnology, clean technology, consumer products, communications, commercial aviation, e-commerce, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, medical devices, retail, renewables and alternative energy, semiconductors, social media and games, and software.
We also protect our clients’ intellectual property rights in development agreements, research agreements, confidentiality agreements, trade secret and know-how agreements, and employment and consulting agreements.
Meet the team
Trademark & Copyrights
We advise clients on every aspect of US and international brand protection. We have considerable experience in high-volume searching and clearance, as well as high-volume prosecution. Our lawyers also help clients develop trademark enforcement programs, which focus on the identification and elimination of trademark infringement with a minimum of expense.
Our lawyers have significant experience in litigating trademark matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts across the United States, as well in administrative bodies and courts around the world.
Meet the teamGlobal Recognition for Excellence
Our practice and its lawyers are consistently ranked in leading legal publications, including Chambers USA, IAM Patent 1000, Legal 500 US, Managing Intellectual Property and World IP Review.
- Chambers USA – Texas Intellectual Property; Texas Technology & Outsourcing
- Legal 500 US – Outsourcing; Technology Transactions
- U.S. News – Best Lawyers –National Technology Law; National Trademark Law; Houston Patent Law; Houston Technology Law; New York Trademark Law
The firm has an incredible depth of knowledge.
Chambers USA, 2021
Market-Leading Transactions
- Apache Corporation on multiple intellectual property matters, including injunction identification, patent application, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, outsourcing, data privacy, trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcements
- Baker Hughes Incorporated in preparing and prosecuting patent applications before the USPTO, while also providing direction to foreign patent counsel who handle matters overseas
- Big Fish Games in patent infringement litigation in the Eastern District of Texas, Nevada and the Western District of Washington, winning motions to dismiss plaintiff’s patents (11 patents in total). We are currently defending two appeals before the Federal Circuit
- BJ Services Company on a high-volume of trademark clearance and prosecution related matters as the company develops and launches a multitude of new products in the United States and Canada
- Cheniere Energy on technology-related agreements and in developing internal policies and procedures to manage its intellectual property assets
- Eyedetec Medical, Inc. on its intellectual property portfolio of medical devices used to treat dry eye and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
- Freschfield on all aspects of intellectual property protection, including global strategic portfolio management; the preparation, procurement and enforcement of international patents and trademarks; and the preparation of technology licensing agreements and non-infringement and freedom-to-operate opinions
- HTC Corporation in a complete victory for consumer electronics company HTC in a trademark infringement case in the Eastern District of Virginia. We recently won a ruling entitling HTC to recover $1.5 million in fees based on the exceptional nature of the case
