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)