Jack Schwartz & Associates, PLLC

Practice Areas

The intellectual property law experts at Jack Schwartz & Associates PLLC not only possess technical and engineering degrees, but some have actually worked in the field of technology — designing, developing and using many of the technologies their clients draw upon when developing new ideas. Read about the technical and legal specialties of our intellectual property firm below.

Patents

The patent attorneys at Jack Schwartz & Associates, PLLC have technical backgrounds in the mechanical, electrical, electronic, and biological arts. We are knowledgeable in the intricacies of patent prosecution in the United States and abroad. In an increasingly globalized society, our knowledge of both United States and foreign patent law allows us to provide a unique service based on our understanding of evolving patent law practice worldwide.

Our patent services include drafting patent applications, preliminary patent searches, opinions on patent validity and infringement, conducting appeals, interferences, oppositions, reexamination, and reissue proceedings, as well as filing under international treaties to establish priority patent rights.

Trademarks

At Jack Schwartz & Associates, PLLC, we base our trademark practice on a thorough understanding of client technologies and marketing strategies. We are involved in the prosecution and maintenance of numerous trademark applications and registrations. Through experience working with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the depth of the firm's trademark practice, we have the expertise to advise both large and small businesses in a wide variety of industries to maximize their trademark portfolios.

Our trademark services include written and oral opinions on the availability of trademarks in the United States, conducting trademark searches in the United States and abroad, advising on trademark clearance, selection, and enforcement. In addition, we are also involved in securing, maintaining, and enforcing trademark rights in the United States and abroad.

Copyrights

Our firm's copyright practice aims to provide clients with service covering all aspects of copyright law. We provide counseling regarding registration, licensing, and enforcement of copyright laws. Our firm also advises in the advertising, and sale and acquisition of copyrights. Since our firm attorneys offer solid technology and engineering backgrounds to their legal practices, Jack Schwartz & Associates PLLC is uniquely positioned to offer effective strategies for registering client copyrights and solve other technology related copyright issues, such as those dealing with software.

Trade Secrets

Both technological and commercial information can be protected and exploited as trade secrets if appropriate safeguards are followed. In an increasingly competitive business environment, our attorneys work with clients to establish strategies and procedures to secure sensitive information. At Jack Schwartz & Associates, PLLC, our practice includes counseling clients to protect trade secrets, including protection against misappropriation by employees, piracy with third parties or otherwise.

Licensing

At Jack Schwartz & Associates, PLLC, we bring superior problem solving skills and extensive experience in all aspects of business negotiations to matters involving intellectual property. We excel in negotiating and structuring licensing, franchising, and technology transfer agreements, in which technology owned or to be developed by the participants is an important element of the transaction.

Our technical and legal expertise, and experience in transactions enables us to better service clients maximizing the value of intellectual property through the acquisition of IP portfolios in order to break into new markets. In addition, the firm's goal is to advise clients on how to obtain the best possible deals whether they be M&A transactions or cross-licensing programs.