Practices

Intellectual Property

Mintz Levin has a fully integrated intellectual property practice, with more than 90 attorneys, scientists and other professionals focused on the protection, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property rights across all of its offices – Boston, London, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego and Washington, DC. 

We assist clients both domestically and internationally with the many significant issues and challenges involved in this critical area, with a breadth and depth of experience that puts Mintz Levin's intellectual property group at the forefront of the field. We provide comprehensive, practical advice to a wide range of emerging and established technology-based businesses in high technology, biotechnology, life sciences, medical devices, manufacturing, nanotechnology, and telecommunications, as well as other industries. Our diverse client base includes multinational corporations, universities, early-stage companies, and individual inventors. The intellectual property group works closely with our business lawyers and litigators, and, like all practice groups at Mintz Levin, is committed to providing clients with dedicated service and the best advice.

The full range of the firm's intellectual property services include:

  • patent litigation;
  • patent and trademark prosecution;
  • due diligence and licensing for business transactions;
  •  licensing;
  • consistent international patent advisory methodology;
  • obtaining, licensing and enforcing intellectual property rights;
  • devising strategies for implementing the protection of intellectual property;
  • working with clients to establish Intellectual Property programs enterprise-wide;
  • conducting initial and ongoing Intellectual Property audits;
  • providing guidance to avoid infringing on the intellectual property rights of others;
  • opinion work, and
  • alternative dispute resolution.

We represent clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, in federal and state courts, as well as the European Patent Office and before regulatory and administrative agencies. The practice also includes representation and counseling in the areas of trade secrets and unfair competition, including trial and appellate litigation.

We have been actively involved--through counseling, litigation, and legislative representation--in copyright issues in emerging content technologies, including online, Internet, cable, and digital publications and transmission of content.

Our Intellectual Property practice is fully integrated with other firm disciplines--Corporate, Litigation, Federal Regulation--and is well-positioned to leverage inter-practice synergies in order to provide clients with "one-stop" representation. We are able to offer cost-effective and strategically practical legal advice based not only on extensive intellectual property knowledge but also on broad transactional and litigation experience.

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Events

New Standards and Controversies in Double Patenting Type Obviousness: Repercussions for Paragraph IV Challenges

San Francisco, CA
12/6/2011
11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Successful ADR Strategies for Life Sciences Companies:What Young Lawyers Should Know

Boston, MA
10/19/2011
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

MassBio 2011 Annual Meeting

Cambridge, MA
3/21/2011 -
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Intellectual Property Year in Review

Boston, MA
1/19/2011
2:00 pm - 5:30 am

2010 Pan-European IP Summit

Brussels, Belgium
12/3/2010
12:00 pm - 1:00 am

IP Litigation: Perspectives on the Practice

New York, NY
10/25/2010
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm

Recent Developments and Rule Changes in the EPO

Tokyo, Japan
10/14/2010
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Trademark Protection and Social Networking

Boston, MA
6/16/2010 -
12:00 pm -

Mintz Levin To Present "Patent Marking: Best Practices and License Agreement Provisions, Post-Bon Tool" with the San Diego Chapter of the Assocation of Corporate Counsel


5/20/2010 -
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Antitrust Institute 2010: Developments & Hot Topics


5/20/2010 -
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From Chip to System: Design Challenges and Solutions


2/25/2010 -
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American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2010 Mid-Winter Institute


1/29/2010 -
9:00 am - 9:30 am

Mintz Levin To Present Breakfast Program, “The Changing Landscape of Patent Infringement Damages”


1/27/2010 -
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Mintz Levin To Present “The Changing Landscape of Patent Infringement Damages”


12/8/2009 -
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21st Annual All Hands Meeting

Santa Clara, CA
12/3/2009 -
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm

15th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property

San Francisco, CA
10/29/2009 - 10/30/2009
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Mintz Levin To Host “Maximize Your Product Pipeline Through Partnerships” for the New York Biotechnology Association


10/20/2009 -
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Mintz Levin To Co-Sponsor AdvaMed 2009


10/13/2009 - 10/14/2009
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Matt Kirmayer and Geraldine N. Rochino To Speak at Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley


10/7/2009 -
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Susan L. Foster, Ph.D. To Speak on U.S. Legislative Updates at the BIA Annual Bioscience Forum


10/1/2009 -
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Bryan J. Sinclair to speak on “Protecting Your Intellectual Property” at SVASE Startup-U, co-sponsored by Mintz Levin


7/28/2009 -
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Mintz Levin to present a webinar on "Shopping for Answers: Strategies for Retailers in a Distressed Environment"


6/4/2009 -
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Jeffrey M. Ratinoff to speak at a program on "New Developments in California Trade Secret Law - Recent Case Law That May Impact Your IP Protection Strategies," presented by the Santa Clara County Bar Association


6/4/2009 -
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Karineh Khachatourian to speak on "Utilizing Forensic Computer Experts to Protect Trade Secrets" at the American Conference Institute's National Forum on Employment Trade Secret Litigation


5/27/2009 -
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Susan Neuberger Weller to moderate a panel at the International Trademark Association's 2009 Annual Meeting


5/19/2009 -
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Matthew Bernstein to speak at the American Intellectual Property Law Association's 2009 Spring Meeting


5/13/2009 -
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A. Jason Mirabito to speak on a panel on "Collaborative Development in Competitive Environments: Tackling Intellectual Property Challenges," presented by the BIRD Foundation


4/22/2009 -
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Karineh Khachatourian to speak at the IP Counsel Café program "Where is the Next Opportunity?" sponsored by Mintz Levin


4/2/2009 -
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Mintz Levin to host receptions for the New York Intellectual Property Law Association 87th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary


3/27/2009 -
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Mintz Levin to host a program on "E-Discovery in Litigation: Best Practices and Pitfalls"


3/19/2009 -
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Mintz Levin to sponsor Enterprise Tuesday organized by the University of Cambridge's Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning


2/17/2009 -
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Rosemary M. Allen to speak at a U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, and Parents in a Pinch sponsored luncheon


1/29/2009 -
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Mintz Levin to sponsor and host an Association of Corporate Counsel program, "One Plus One Equals Three: How to Avoid Disaster in Collaboration and Joint Development"


1/8/2009 -
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Bryan Sinclair will speak at the StoneTurn Group Annual International Meeting on "Best Practices in Presenting Damages Expert Testimony"


12/8/2008 -
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Karineh Khachatourian and Bryan J. Sinclair will speak at the Mintz Levin sponsored IP Section of the State Bar of California - Intellectual Property Institute


11/6/2008 - 11/8/2008
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Bryan J. Sinclair and Pedro F. Suarez will speak at the UC Berkeley Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series


10/28/2008 -
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Harvey Saferstein will speak at the 18th Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute


10/24/2008 -
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Susan Neuberger Weller will speak at The American Intellectual Property Association's (AIPLA) Annual Meeting


10/23/2008 -
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Robert Taylor will speak at the Practising Law Institute - 14th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law


10/2/2008 -
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Richard G. Gervase and Julian Crump will moderate a panel discussion at the Mintz Levin sponsored AdvaMed 2008 - The MedTech Conference


9/23/2008 -
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Navigating the New USPTO Rules & Regulations


1/23/2008 -
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Creative Solutions for Closely-Held Businesses


5/24/2006 -
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Mintz Levin Sponsors Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting

Boston, MA
10/21/2004 -
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Business Opportunities in Japan for Life Sciences Companies - Mintz Levin Co-Hosted Seminar

Boston, MA
1/8/2004 -
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BIO 2003: Premier Annual Biotech Conference- Mintz Levin Sponsorship


6/23/2003 -
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Mintz Levin Sponsors Long Island Life Sciences Summit

New York, NY
5/8/2003 -
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