Legal: Intellectual Property
Technical Experts in Support Intellectual Property Attorneys
CECON Group has excelled in providing appropriate and experienced professionals to law firms for patent prosecution, infringement and defense. Experts are available for researching prior art, writing patents and claims, translating patents and defending patents. A CECON specialist will work with you to find the best technical expert to help you win your case.
Patents and Trade Secret Case Histories
Following is a short selection of patent and trade secret case histories demonstrating the breadth of CECON's technical support for attorneys.Assistance in trade secret litigation, including visits to industrial sites, sorting through regulatory public access documentations, and court testimony on the question of what is a technology trade secret versus openly available knowledge.
- A chemical company acquired more than 5,000 patents in a merger. A panel of CECON Consulting Group experts evaluated these, determining which areas of technology had the strongest protection. The panel identified several new business opportunities supported by strong patent positions.
- An expert in infrared technology examined evidence in a multi-million dollar patent infringement suit, and gave testimony crucial to winning the case.
- A specialist in rheology showed with calculations that a competitive patent was invalid because of prior art. This work led to an out-of-court settlement satisfactory to our client.
- CECON supplied two consultants who testified as experts in a patent suit on a contested structure of a herbicide. The consultants employed several spectroscopic techniques to defend the structure and win the case.
- In a patent infringement case, a silicone polymer expert reviewed opposition's technical expert report, conducted lab testing and submitted his report leading to a favorable out-of-court settlement.
- A CECON expert in plastics compounding did a technical audit of a licensee of our client. The surprise audit showed that the licensee was complying with the patent license.
- A complex semiconductor circuit patent was turned down by the patent office because the examiner claimed it could not be understood and constructed by persons having skill in the art. The CECON expert's declaration that he could understand the patent and construct the device convinced the examiner to issue the patent.
- CECON supplied a metallurgical consultant in a patent infringement case involving nickel-titanium memory shape alloys. He was instrumental in assisting the attorneys in developing the strategy of their case.
Recent Patent Support for Attorneys
- Patent Licensing arrangement with two large companies
- Patent litigation, semiconductors
- Handling sale of electronic patents for Korea
- Patent litigation, film orientation
- Patent infringement, telephone switchgear
- Patent infringement, shrink films
- Patent infringement, wire & cable
- Patent interference, exercise machine
- Patent infringement, rechargeable battery
- Reverse engineering
- Contract dispute, sale of patents and technology
- Literature search, cervical collars
- Patent, trade secret litigation, in-line film coating
- Patent infringement, Alzheimer drugs
- Declaration, methods of making semiconductors
- Licensing patents in the optical disk field
- Patent infringement, tire curing
- Patent infringement, orthopedic bandages
- Preliminary patent search for infringement
- Patent infringement, paper pulp machine
- Patent case, viscous fluid separation
- Opto-electronics patent application
- Patent infringement, azo dyes for food
Some of the Law Firms We Have Served
Arnold Matheny & Egan, Orlando, FLAbrahams Loenstein & Bushman, Philadelphia, PAArnold White & Durkee, Houston, TXBaratta & Fenerty, Philadelphia, PABenesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, Cleveland, OHBerkowitz Schagrin Coonin & Cooper, Wilmington, DEBrown Hudgens & Richardson, Mobile, ALBrumbaugh Graves Donohur & Raymond, Washington, DCClifford Chance Rogers & Wells, New York, NYConnelly Bove Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, DEDavis Hoxie Faithful & Hapgood, New York, NYDechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PAElzufon Austin & Drexler, Wilmington, DEFish & Neave, New York, NYHopgood Calimafde Kalil & Judlow, New York, NYHowrey Simon Aronld & White, Menlo Park, CAIsraelson Salsbury Clements & Bekman, Baltimore, MDJackson & Campbell, Washington, DCKenyon & Kenyon, New York, NYLord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, ILMartin Clearwater & Bell, New York, NYMcCann & Mailey, Wilmington, DEMiles & Stockbridge, Rockville, MDMorgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PAMorris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DEPricket Jones Elliot Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, DESchlusser Reiver Hughes & Sisk, Wilmington, DEStephens Davis Miller & Mosher, Alexandria, VATrask Britt & Rossa, Salt Lake City, UTWood Heron & Evans, Cincinnati, OHWoodard Emhardt Naughton Moriarty & McNatt, Indianapolis INWoodcock Washburn, Philadelphia, PA