Intellectual Property & Technology

Our attorneys have significant experience in helping clients select, secure, maintain, enforce, and commercialize their intellectual property and technology assets, both in the U.S. and abroad. We advise clients on intellectual property asset management and technology procurement and commercialization, helping them to protect intellectual property and technology innovations and maximize the value of existing intellectual property portfolios and technology assets. As a result of our vast experience in this space, we also frequently assist clients in navigating the complex legal and regulatory frameworks that govern intellectual property and technology.

Intellectual Property

With decades of experience, including real world know-how gained as in-house Intellectual Property and Trademark attorneys with global, Large Cap corporations, our attorneys appreciate the challenges of managing complex, international intellectual property portfolios. Our clients value the high level of experience and knowledge delivered at competitive rates.

Our intellectual property team assists clients in securing and maintaining their intellectual property in the U.S. and globally. This includes trademark services as well as prosecution of applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our state-of-the-art docketing system provides docketing capacity for thousands of trademarks.

Our intellectual property clients range from small start-up companies to large international corporations. We provide the following services:

• Protection and rights enforcement of copyrights, trademarks, and trade dress
• Licensing
• Trade secrets
• Media
• Advertising
• Publicity and privacy rights
• U.S. Customs

Technology

Given the speed at which technology changes, it is more important than ever to have legal counsel with deep knowledge of not only the underlying technology, but also the applicable legal and commercial frameworks related to the technology. Having represented some of the most cutting edge and technologically advanced companies and individuals, our attorneys have a wealth of knowledge in the development, acquisition, licensing and commercialization of technology, data, and intellectual property. Given our deep and practical familiarity in this area, we provide practical counsel on even the most sophisticated transactions in the technology space. In particular, many of our technology clients have come to rely on us as their "outsourced general counsel."

Noteworthy

"Keating Muething & Klekamp offers a world-class trademark prosecution practice in the heart of the Midwest. The firm can offer the reasonable rates of a regional firm while providing service comparable to (or exceeding) that of firms in the major markets. This value-for-quality calculus is hard to beat, and should be attractive to both small businesses and those companies with larger portfolios." — Courtney A. Laginess, Assistant General Counsel, FIS Global