Aaron J. Morrow

The client was interested in acquiring the right to a third party's commercial product and also the corresponding patent portfolio. We analyzed the strength of the patent portfolio and performed a detailed freedom-to-operate analysis to determine the product's risk of infringing another party's patent.

A third party challenged the validity of the client's patent in an Ex Parte Reexamination, and we successfully obtained a decision from the US Patent Office upholding the patent.

The client had a beverage product that was commercially promising, but a third party had numerous patents in the area and had already sued another entity for patent infringement; we advised the client on patent invalidity, design-around options, and other ways to minimize risk of infringement so that the client is working toward taking the product to market.

The client has a biomedical device that was the subject of substantial R&D and needed to pursue IP protection as zealously as possible, and we determined which aspects of the device were well suited for patent protection and which aspects were better covered by trade secret.

The client regarding a robust freedom-to-operate patent analysis in order to proceed in a joint venture with a third party, and we navigated a crowded technology area for them with a formal opinion.

The client had an electromechanical device that was commercially promising, but a third party had numerous patents in the area and had already sued our client for patent infringement; we advised the client on design-around options and other ways to minimize risk of infringement, and enabled the client to confidently take the product to market.