Sutherland’s intellectual property practice provides a full range of services to companies needing to protect and exploit life sciences and biotechnology-related intellectual property rights, both domestically and internationally. We assist clients with patent prosecution, validity analysis, litigation and counseling; freedom to practice opinions and patent infringement strategic counseling; technology transfer, licensing and other cooperative commercialization agreements; trade secret and technology counseling and litigation; due diligence reviews in connection with mergers and acquisitions; and intellectual property audits and evaluations. In addition, we also offer additional non-intellectual property services to our biotechnology and life sciences clients.
The firm has a growing number of attorneys with scientific graduate degrees including molecular genetics, biochemistry, pharmacology and biomedical engineering. Some of our attorneys have worked as laboratory researchers and as examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Their technical knowledge and industry experience enable a faster and more in-depth understanding of the areas in which our clients have intellectual property interests.
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Sutherland’s biotechnology attorneys are experienced in helping our clients protect and commercialize discoveries in a number of areas that are generating improvements in health care, agriculture, industrial materials and environmental safety that will greatly benefit society. Our attorneys have helped our clients protect and commercialize discoveries in a number of areas including:
- Animal and Agricultural Biotechnology
- Biomedical Devices
- Biotechnology Research Tools
- Environmental Biocompatibility
- Genetics and Protein Expression Systems
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Pharmaceuticals and Drug Discovery
- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Therapies
- Vaccines and Prophylactics
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