Practice/Organization Description
Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized by Financial Times as among the most forward thinking firms in the industry. Its more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world's most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth. Akerman is known for its results in middle market M&A and complex disputes, and for helping clients achieve their most important business objectives in the financial services, real estate, and other dynamic sectors across the United States and Latin America.
From pharmaceuticals and medical devices, to computer software and technology, to fashion and music, Akerman’s Intellectual Property Practice Group serves clients in all aspects of intellectual property counseling, litigation, licensing, transactions, and due diligence. The team includes lawyers and patent agents with advanced technical degrees and business experience in disciplines such as electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry, and molecular biology. The team's scientific and business background, coupled with experience gained from past service in the United States Patent & Trademark office, enable it to provide practical strategies for protecting intellectual property value.
Akerman builds longstanding relationships with its clients, gaining a deep understanding of their business operations so it can successfully manage, protect, and maximize the value of their intellectual property assets. When disputes arise, the team effectively handles all aspects of the litigation, including resolving patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and related contract and antitrust disputes.
Akerman lawyers serve as business advisors to our clients, providing critical counsel on transactions involving intellectual property. They negotiate licensing and distribution agreements and intellectual property acquisition documents, providing the necessary due diligence to assess the validity and enforceability of intellectual property rights and freedom to operate. They also provide clients with customized on-site training on brand management, policing, and enforcement of their intellectual property rights.
Service Offerings
• Patent counseling, prosecution, and litigation
• Copyright counseling, prosecution, recapture, and litigation
• Trademark counseling, prosecution, and litigation
• Intellectual property licensing
• Intellectual property transactions and due diligence
• Trade secret protection and enforcement
• Brand protection, including counterfeit counseling and litigation
• Trade dress litigation
