Intellectual Property

What we do

Jones Walker's intellectual property team helps companies identify innovations, clear products and services of infringement risk, protect IP assets, and put those assets to work in the marketplace. We support clients through product development, market entry, and growth — managing freedom-to-operate considerations and building IP strategies that attract investment, enable expansion, protect margin, and strengthen enterprise value.

We have particular depth in serving a variety of industries that are key to the Southeastern and Gulf Coast regions, including manufacturing, transportation and logistics, maritime, energy, aerospace, banking and financial institutions, construction, and healthcare. Our attorneys are registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office and bring technical backgrounds across engineering and the sciences. Our patent and trademark management software tracks worldwide portfolios comprising more than 7,000 patent and trademark records.

We represent growth-stage and middle-market companies, publicly traded and Fortune 500 companies, and universities and research institutions across the United States and around the world. Where localized foreign representation is advisable, we assist clients in selecting and supervising local counsel.

How we work

Effective IP strategy is shaped by how a business competes, where its value resides, and how it plans to grow. We start by understanding your business, competitive landscape, and risk tolerance — and from there develop strategies that address both protection and clearance.

Because IP issues rarely exist in isolation, our full-service platform enables our IP attorneys to collaborate with corporate, mergers and acquisitions, employment, financing, and regulatory colleagues. The result is coordinated, business-focused advice that aligns legal protection with commercial objectives.

Our IP services

Explore our subpractices to learn more about how we can help:

• Patent Prosecution and Portfolio Management — building patent portfolios that reflect how you develop technology and bring products to market
• Patent Litigation — representing patent holders and accused infringers in federal courts nationwide
• PTAB Proceedings — inter partes review and postgrant challenges before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
• Section 337 ITC Actions — patent-based investigations before the US International Trade Commission
• Trade Secret Litigation and Counseling — protecting proprietary processes, data, and know-how
• Trademark Protection and Portfolio Management — clearance, registration, licensing, and enforcement of brands worldwide
• Copyright Protection and Enforcement — registration, ownership, licensing, and litigation involving creative and digital works
• TTAB Proceedings — ex parte appeals of denials of trademark registrations, opposition proceedings of pending applications, and postregistration cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
• Technology Transactions and Licensing — software, SaaS, joint development, technology transfer, and IP in mergers and acquisitions

Contact the IP team

To discuss how Jones Walker can help protect and deploy your intellectual property, contact a member of our IP team.