Patent & Trademark Office Proceedings

PLG advises clients on how to obtain intellectual property grants that maximize value. PLG often works with partner attorneys and firms to help clients file for intellectual property rights or to improve the value of rights sought. PLG has filed, or advised on the filing of, numerous patents, trademarks and copyrights, with a particular emphasis on improving the future value of the right by using its litigation experience to improve the quality of the rights sought.

PLG is familiar with both ex parte and inter partes proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office, which are administrative proceedings that are designed to change or eliminate the grant of patent rights by the Patent and Trademark Office. For example, PLG has been representing Antec, Inc. in an inter partes reexamination seeking to invalidate Ultra Products, Inc. U.S. Patent No. 7,133,293 on personal computer power supplies. The examiner has rejected all nine claims of the patent and the case is preparing for appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Whether working for the owner of the IP rights, or the challenger, PLG works to obtain the best possible result for our clients.