Hahn & Hahn Practice Groups

Patents
Portfolio Development
Portfolio Management
Due Diligence
IP Strategy and Counseling
International
Intellectual Asset Audits

Trademarks and Domain Names

Litigation

Licensing

Copyrights

Trade Secrets

Corporate

	Patents
		Our patent practice group can assist you in connection with the strategic procurement, enforcement and licensing of patent rights in all areas of technology. Some of the technology areas in which we practice are listed below. Attorneys of our patent practice group are skilled scientists and engineers with substantial industry experience. The combined experience of the attorneys in our patent practice group is over 80 years. Depending on your needs, we can offer a service where we can draft components of a patent specification at a low cost center outside the US thereby to reducing your patent acquisition costs. Return to the top Portfolio Development Patents are business tools that can give you a significant competitive advantage over your competition and ensure the long term survival and profitability of your company. We can help you build a patent portfolio that is aligned with your business goals and which can be used defensively if a competitor sues you for patent infringement and offensively to sue a competitor for patent infringement. Regardless of the size of your budget, our team of lawyers can work with you to ensure build a world class patent portfolio that will impress your investor thereby increasing the valuation of your company. Return to the top Portfolio Management Besides developing your patent portfolio, we can help you manage your existing patent portfolio. For example we can identify dead weight patents eg. weak patents or patents that no longer have relevance to your business ,so these dead weight patents may be pruned from your portfolio. This can free up valuable cash to pursue more relevant patents. To assist you in the management of your portfolio, we have a state of the art intellectual property management system. As this system is web-based, you do not have to purchase any software and can use your existing hardware to track and manage your intellectual property in collaboration with. This can be useful case you do not have a dedicated in-house intellectual property counsel. Off course if you do have you own in-house intellectual property counsel then the management system can streamline docketing and communications with us. Return to the top Due Diligence If you are a suitor of an acquisition target, you will want to make sure that you can place a proper value on the intellectual property assets of the acquisition target. We can help you in this regard by conducting a comprehensive due diligence of the intellectual property assets of the acquisition target. Alternatively, if you are the acquisition target then we can counsel you during the acquisition to address any issues that may arise regarding your intellectual property. We can also counsel you regarding the representations and warranties that you will have to make regarding your intellectual property. Return to the top IP Strategy and Counseling We can help you to use your intellectual property to establish a competitive advantage in the marketplace, and to increase the valuation of you company. Our attorneys have specialized backgrounds and particular experience in the different areas of economic activity. We identify the areas in which intellectual property protection is most critical to achieving your business objectives, determine the most effective methods of protection and identify strategies to avoid issues with third-party patents.We can provide non-infringement opinion letters. This is important is cases where you wish to minimize your risk of facing a triple damages award for patent infringement. We can also opinions on the validity of patents. Return to the top International We have built up a network of agents and foreign associates around the world. This allows us to provide a truly global intellectual property practice. For example we can obtain and protect intellectual property assets such as patents and trademarks in any country of interest. We can also counsel you on the intellectual property laws of any country that you may wish to do business in. We have many clients in foreign countries , for whom we provide a range of intellectual property law services throughout the United States. Return to the top Intellectual Asset Audits We can conduct an intellectual assets audit and create an inventory of your intellectual assets. We can also set up a program which includes procedures for the documentation, filing, and procurement of your intellectual assets. Return to the top

	Trademarks and Domain Names
		We have expertise in US trademark law as well as foreign trademark laws. Our trademark practice involves protecting U.S. clients' trademark rights worldwide, and protecting the U.S. trademark rights of foreign companies. We can protect you mark regardless of whether it includes words, designs, and logos. We can also protect your "trade dress" such as product packaging and product shapes. We can perform in-house computerized searches to identify conflicting marks. Through searches, watching services and private investigations, we are able to detect infringers and counterfeiters and take action to prevent the pirating of valuable trademark rights, both in the U.S. and abroad.We can also handle proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes actions, such as oppositions, cancellations and concurrent rights proceedings. Our trademark practice also includes the areas of tradmark licensing, unfair competition, trade dress and false advertising. Return to the top

	Litigation
		Our litigation group is the right choice for your important business litigation. We handle all aspects of intellectual property litigation including: patent (both federal district court and International Trade Commission), copyright, trade secret, and trademark litigation. We can also handle antitrust and unfair competition cases in a wide variety of different industries. We can provide representation in civil and criminal investigations by state and federal enforcement agencies, including the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. We can litigate claims under the California Cartwright Act and Section 17200 of the Business and Professions Code as well. We can also handle employment/labor disputes, privacy and information security disputes, and white collar criminal litigation, and general business-type litigation , ranging from claims of fraud, breach of contract, lender liability, tortious interference with contract, and many others. Return to the top

	Licensing
		We help you implement a licensing program to maximize the return on your intellectual property assets. We can assist in the negotiation and drafting of technology licenses and transfer agreements of all types including distribution agreements, end user licenses, OEM agreements, joint development agreements, acquisition of technology and purchase of intangible property. We can provide valuable counsel with respect to formulating an overall licensing strategy and on a variety of focused licensing issues, such as warranties, indemnities, disclaimers of damages, limitations of liability, enforceability, ownership of intellectual property, source code escrows, export restrictions and license rights in bankruptcy. Return to the top

Copyrights

We can help you protect your copyrightable works such as computer software, works of art, audio-visual works, architectural works and literary works. Under the U.S. copyright law arises copyright protection exits upon creation and "fixation" of the work in physical form. However, copyright registration provides substantial statutory advantages, such as the right to recover statutory damages and lawyers' fees in the event litigation is necessary to enforce the copyright. In some cases, registration may be a prerequisite to infringement litigation. We can prepare and file an application for copyright registration. We can provide counsel on copyright ownership issues, how to develop and reverse engineer computer programs without infringing the rights of others, the use of "open source" code, copyright litigation, and licensing. We can also negotiate and prepare agreements to resolve controversies involving copyright ownership and infringement. We can counsel you on your rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and other copyright laws.

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	Trade Secrets
		We can help you establish confidentiality procedures to ensure protection of your trade secrets. We draft agreements to protect your trade secrets. Examples of such agreements include non-disclosure agreements, employment agreements, consulting agreements, invention development agreements, manufacturing agreements, and licensing agreements, etc. We can provide strategic counsel on the most appropriate vehicle to protect your intellectual capital. For example, because patents require public disclosure, obtaining a patent may not be desirable in some cases where keeping your intellectual capital a secret is more beneficial to you than obtaining a patent. High-tech businesses face the risk of misappropriation and unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets by former employees, vendors, contractors, and competing businesses. We can put the proper agreement and programs in place to reduce such risks. Return to the top

	Corporate
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