Overview
Protect. Grow. Flourish.
As a life sciences company, your intellectual property is your most valuable asset—it’s what propels your growth, drives your success and sets you apart from competitors. But it may also be your most vulnerable asset.
How you commercialize your innovation and gain compliance is crucial for the success of your business. As competitors constantly work to capture your share of the market, it is imperative that your IP is protected to maximize its value.
Our more than 135 multidisciplinary life sciences lawyers are here to help. In addition to legal experience spanning the world’s foremost life sciences companies to its most innovative startups, the majority of our IP lawyers hold advanced degrees in the life sciences fields. Our institutional qualifications, coupled with real-world experience on almost 1,000 patent and trademarks annually, uniquely position McDermott to anticipate change and adapt quickly to take advantage of opportunity, so you can focus on achieving your mission.
We provide the full array of services to protect and leverage your IP assets:
- Patent and trademark protection
- Patentability analysis
- Trademark clearance
- Infringement, validity and freedom-to-operate opinions
- IP transactions
- Licensing and collaboration
- M&A and finance
- Outsourcing and licensing agreements
- Litigation
- “Bet the company” litigation
- Patent litigation
- Hatch-Waxman Act cases
- Medical device infringement
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