Weil offers a unique Strategic IP Counseling practice that advises clients on issues relating to IP management, enforcement, dispute counseling, transactions and acquisitions.
Representative services include:
Counseling on pre-litigation IP threats from third parties
- Assess the IP rights and the client's exposure
- Consider the strategies for responding to the threat
- Develop and implement a response plan that may include negotiation, litigation, post-grant patent actions, design-arounds, or an alternative business solution
Patent Litigation counseling
- Lead the technical analysis relating to claim construction, infringement, and validity issues
- Oversee technical experts and interact with company engineers
- Manage reexamination and post grant strategy and proceedings
IP strategies
- Create strategies for building the value of the company’s IP, taking into account the IP goals of the client, value-drivers for the technology, competitive landscape, and availability of alternative technology solutions
- Assist clients in creating licensing and other programs to monetize their IP
- Advise clients with respect to IP transactions and technology acquisitions
Patent Trial and Appellate Board Proceedings
- Perform prior art searching, claim chart preparation, and strategic analysis
- Work with expert witnesses on complex technical challenges