INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYOur Clients
Katten's Intellectual Property team provides a complete
range of services for domestic and international clients in
all major industries seeking to protect and benefit from
their intellectual property and to defend claims asserted
by others. Inventors and corporations alike turn to us for
counsel regarding their innovations in biotechnology and
life sciences, electrical and electronic systems, computer
hardware and software, e-commerce and business
methods, telecommunications, product design, and
mechanical systems.
Our Services
Katten's seasoned attorneys develop, enforce, protect
and defend our clients' patent, trademark, copyright and
trade secret rights in jurisdictions across the United
States and abroad. Our Intellectual Property team
partners with clients to develop global strategies and
programs to safeguard and maximize the value of their
intellectual property, and to audit their intellectual
property assets, including domestic and international
licensing and transfers of technology, to ensure that
these assets are correctly identified and properly
protected. We manage our clients' intellectual property
portfolios, including registration and enforcement of
patents, trademarks and copyrights worldwide, and
administration of intellectual property agreements.
Additionally, we have considerable experience
representing clients in high-profile lawsuits when their
most valuable intellectual property is at stake.
RECOGNIZED BY
• Chambers USA
o Intellectual Property (Illinois) 2017, 2016
o Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright &
Trade Secrets (Washington, DC) 2016
• The Legal 500 United States
o Copyright 2017, 2016
o Trademarks: Litigation 2017, 2016
• Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars
o Copyright (United States) 2017
o Patent Contentious (United States) 2017
o Trademark Contentious (United States) 2017
o Trademark Prosecution (United States) 2017
• Managing Intellectual Property Annual Awards
o Trademark Contentious (Midwest Region)
2017
• U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
o Litigation – Intellectual Property
(National, Chicago) 2017, 2016
o Litigation – Patent (National, Chicago) 2017,
2016; (Los Angeles) 2016
o Patent Law (Chicago) 2016
o Trademark Law (National, New York) 2017,
2016
• World Trademark Review 1000
o The World's Leading Trademark
Professionals (National, Chicago, New York,
Washington, DC) 2015, 2014
• IAM Patent 1000
o Patent Litigation, 2017
With deep experience in mergers, acquisitions,
leveraged buyouts, venture capital investments, joint
ventures and other strategic alliances, our transactional
attorneys identify and evaluate the intellectual property
rights and technology involved in business transactions;
structure the transfer, protection and licensing of these
assets; and develop long-term strategies to maximize
their value. We also provide guidance on new media and
emerging rights, and claims involving social media,
cyber torts, computer fraud, keyword advertising, pricing
and the First Amendment.
In addition, our team advises on a wide range of
intellectual property issues relating to the Internet, new
media and social media. We help protect and enforce
intellectual property involving the Internet, focusing on
the protection of trademarks, trade dress, copyrights,
keywords, domain names and other online content in the
United States and internationally. We provide guidance
on Internet governance, domain name law, and claims
involving social media, cyber torts, computer fraud,
keyword advertising, pricing and the First Amendment.
We also work with clients to develop comprehensive
online brand promotion and protection strategies,
including recovery of infringing domain names through
the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
(UDRP), suspension of infringing domain names through
the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS), and
implementation of creative strategies for managing
domain name disputes.
Whether it be preparing a patent application, ensuring
the continued goodwill of a brand, or effectively
defending or prosecuting claims, clients can rely on
Katten to help them protect, manage and capitalize on
their intellectual property throughout the world.
"They really understand our business and
help it move forward."
————— Chambers USA 2016
(Intellectual Property)