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Reed
Smith LLP
2500 One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-851-8100
Fax: 215-851-1420
www.reedsmith.com
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Company
Profile:
Reed Smith, a leading global law firm with more than 660 lawyers
located in 14 cities throughout the U.S. and U.K., represents
Fortune 100 as well as mid-market and emerging companies.
Clients include technology companies and entrepreneurs, financial
services firms, health care providers and insurers, pharmaceutical
companies, manufacturers, universities, non-profit organizations,
real estate developers, and municipalities throughout the
United States and in 40 countries.
Practice
Areas:
Reed Smith lawyers practice in a wide variety areas of law.
The firm is organized into four departments:
- Business
& Finance - includes the Corporate & Securities Group; Financial
Services Group; International Group; Real Estate Group;
and Trusts & Estates Group.
- Regulatory
and Government Affairs - includes the Communications Group;
Government Contracts and Export Compliance Group; Government
Relations Group; Health Care Group; and Intellectual Property
Group.
- Employment
Law & Benefits - includes the Benefits Group; and Labor
& Employment Group.
- Litigation
- includes the Antitrust Group; Bankruptcy Group; Construction
Group; Environmental Law Group; Financial Services Litigation
Group; and Product Liability/Insurance Coverage Group.
Technology
Industry Focus:
For more the 25 years, Reed Smith has anticipated and met
the specialized needs of technology developers, providers,
users and investors. This tradition continues today as we
continue to help clients successfully build, finance and operate
technology businesses through:
Our in-depth
understanding of regulated and unregulated technologies, including:
- Biotechnology
- Computer
hardware and software
- Electrical
- Internet
and e-commerce
- Medical
device
- Pharmaceuticals
- Telecommunications
Our nationally
recognized intellectual property team which is among the top
100 patent and trademark firms in the U.S.
Our unique
partnerships with cutting-edge technology accelerators and
investors.
The technology
group also represents a variety of technology businesses,
from start-ups to some of the world's largest players, as
well as non-technology businesses in their acquisition of
information technology through purchase, license, lease or
outsourcing arrangements.
Intellectual
Property Practice Overview
A full service Intellectual Property Practice has been an
integral part of Reed Smith's approach to client services
for over twenty-five years, and Reed Smith Intellectual Property
attorneys hold undergraduate and advanced degrees in all major
scientific disciplines. Reed Smith represents clients in widely
varied fields of technology, including pharmaceutical, chemical,
biotechnology, telecommunications, e-commerce, metallurgy,
electronics and computer software. Reed Smith has one of the
nation's leading chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology
practices, with over 16 attorneys regularly serving clients
in these arts.
The services
rendered by the Intellectual Property Group include branding
and trademark services, patent prosecution and litigation,
confidentiality agreements and trade secret advice, employee
agreements and intellectual property enforcement and policing.
The Intellectual
Property Group includes attorneys whose practices include
all aspects of the design and implementation of intellectual
property protection systems and branding, and the structuring
of appropriate arrangements for intellectual property portfolio
development and commercialization worldwide.
Chemical,
Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Practice
The Chemical, Biotechnology and Medical Device practice of
Reed Smith is particularly strong and diverse. Reed Smith
patent attorneys possess graduate degrees in chemistry, metallurgy,
chemical engineering, molecular biology, biochemistry, and
other disciplines at the core of chemical, biotechnology and
pharmaceutical development. The attorneys of Reed Smith are
also trained in electrical engineering, bioinformatics, materials
science, mechanical engineering, optics, and other technologies
that are the foundations of medical device development. Rigorous
technical training enables the attorneys of Reed Smith to
rapidly assimilate, evaluate, and protect the inventions of
clients.
Reed Smith
has worked for numerous major chemical, pharmaceutical, and
biotechnology companies. This work has included maintaining
extensive patent portfolios, licensing, patent infringement
litigation, patent invalidity and noninfringement opinions,
and patent prosecution in the fields of dermatological medicines,
recombinant DNA methods and products, food products, treatments
of eye disorders, cosmetics, and bioinformatics, among others.
Electronics
and Computer Related Practice
Reed Smith's Intellectual Property Group advises its clients
on a wide range of semiconductor, general electronics and
circuits, display technology, computer hardware, software,
and integrated systems matters. The Intellectual Property
Group's electronics and computer related experience extends
to:
- Patent
preparation and prosecution
- Contract
development negotiations
- Intellectual
property assessment and registrations
- Defense
and prosecution of contractual and intellectual property
rights
Reed Smith's
Intellectual Property Group is well-versed in the assessment
of electronics and computer-related technologies, and the
options for protection of these technologies under the laws
of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Reed
Smith regularly prepares and prosecutes patents for clients
from emerging companies to some of the world's largest companies,
in semiconductor and integrated circuit design and fabrication,
flat panel displays, data structuring, and software design
and implementation. Representative contracts prepared by the
Intellectual Property Group include licenses for fully-integrated,
nationwide hardware and software systems, licenses for local
computer systems, licenses for display technologies, licenses
for integrated circuit technologies and methods, as well as
licenses for systems and software, and proprietary data licenses
for both vendors and licensees. In addition to system licenses,
the Intellectual Property Group has prepared numerous software
development, service, maintenance, and outsourcing agreements.
Reed Smith's Intellectual Property Group places a special
emphasis on securing and protecting ownership rights in both
licensed and after-developed technologies and data; confidentiality
and restrictions on the use of proprietary information; comprehensive
warranties and representations regarding performance, service,
and maintenance; and protections against the infringement
of intellectual property and other rights. With the assistance
of Reed Smith's general practice attorneys, the Intellectual
Property Group also provides specialized counseling in areas
such as government technology licenses, for example.
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