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In an increasingly competitive global marketplace,
businesses are realizing the critical importance of protecting their
proprietary information, results of their research and development
efforts, and unique products and services. Given the mobility of
today's society and the ease with which proprietary and confidential
information can be taken and misused by competitors, or by present or
former employees, businesses should take all reasonable and
cost-effective steps to protect their intellectual property. Chapman and Cutler LLP's Intellectual Property Group assists clients in all aspects of intellectual property law and related technology matters. Our attorneys offer comprehensive legal services in every aspect of intellectual property law and can provide both established and innovative legal methods of protecting business interests. Additionally, our practice group includes attorneys with undergraduate technical degrees in the scientific and engineering disciplines. These academic credentials enable them to efficiently understand issues presented by complex technical and financial innovations. Chapman and Cutler LLP counsel regularly represent clients in litigation matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, software protection, trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing and computer law matters. In addition, our intellectual property attorneys regularly counsel clients on a wide variety of licensing and business matters, including the newest E-commerce issues, business patent methods and more. Our sophisticated, computerized record-keeping system documents impending patent and trademark response, maintenance fee and renewal requirements. In addition to the enforcement and defense of intellectual property rights, our practice includes procurement and licensing in the areas of E-commerce, patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and computer law. The Intellectual Property Group's lawyers aid clients in identifying their intellectual property rights, assist in obtaining appropriate forms of protection for those rights, evaluate new products and technologies and make and deal with assertions of infringement. We have also developed and actively maintain an international network of foreign associates specializing in intellectual property law. As a result, we can assist clients in the protection of their rights in counterpart tribunals and agencies around the world. The Intellectual Property Group has a full range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, not-for-profit trade associations, cooperatives, educational institutes and associations, individual inventors and solo businesses. These clients cover a wide breadth of businesses, ranging from cutting-edge high technology industries such as semiconductors, biotechnology, software, electronics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals to established industries such as manufacturing, food, beverage, machine tool, transportation, entertainment, recreation, advertising, marketing and management consulting. |