Intellectual Property

Banking Compliance / Consumer Products & Retail / Corporate Group / Government and Regulatory Affairs / Insurance Services / Intellectual Property / Labour and Employment / Real Estate and Construction
We partner with you to identify and protect the value of your creative and intellectual assets.

Thanks to our in-depth knowledge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and other related legislation, we are able to expertly navigate the prosecution of patents, trademarks, and copyrights across a wide range of sectors.

Our experience extends to legislative and regulatory affairs, where we play an active role in shaping a range of intellectual property policies. And, when litigation is necessary to defend or leverage your intellectual property, our team has the experience and skills to give you a competitive advantage.

Patent

Longship International offers a full suite of patent services, including prosecution, procurement, maintenance of domestic and global portfolios, post-grant proceedings, patentability, and white space analyses, diligence, pre-suit investigations and opinions, clearance, and design-around options

We help you identify, protect and leverage the value of your intellectual property assets and strengthen your patent portfolio.

Our approach is eminently personalized. We aim to understand your products, core technologies, and business needs. Instead of telling you what to do, we collaborate with and empower you to make the most effective business decisions.

Technology Transactions and Licensing

Our professionals support every stage of a deal, from letter of intent to closing, from innovation to phase-out, from system selection through implementation and ongoing support.

Our team combines deep capabilities in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, software, services (including SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS), development, and distributor and reseller agreements, with colleagues’ knowledge of mergers and acquisitions, finance, tax, litigation and antitrust to help you develop integrated, cross-disciplinary approaches to domestic and international deals.

With a deep understanding of the pertinent issues and effective deal structure, we support research and development, including in the university setting, outsourcing transactions, inbound and outbound licensing deals, information technology, strategic alliances, joint ventures, and equity investments.

Trademark, Copyright, Advertising and Media

Longship International’s team of specialists in trademark, copyright, advertising, and media (T-CAM) use their detailed knowledge of the law to secure market benefits for your brands and creative works.

We offer comprehensive branding services, including brand clearance, strategic portfolio management, enforcement, anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy, dispute resolution, and licensing.

From literary and musical creations to software and other digital media, we safeguard and monetize copyrights and provide counsel on the suitable use of others’ protected materials.

We help you understand all your options, and when litigation becomes necessary, we vigorously uphold your rights in state and federal courts, as well as before regulators, federal agencies, and arbitration forums.