Practice Areas & Industries: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

"appeals because it is small enough to be responsive to client needs but large enough to be diversified" Chambers USA

Nationally Recognized

Experts in IP Representing leading companies and research institutions in all aspects of intellectual property protection.

Full Range of IP Services

Full range of IP services, including patent prosecution; trademark prosecution; copyright protection; and trade secrets and unfair competition counseling. One of first major Boston firms to establish patent group. IP due diligence for investors and acquirers. Decades of litigation experience representing technology and life sciences companies in IP disputes. Named "Go-to Firm" in IP in 2006 "Who Represents America's Biggest Companies."

World Class Transactional & Licensing Capability

Among most experienced and knowledgeable technology transaction and licensing lawyers in the US in all areas.

Scientific & Strategic Expertise

Team of IP attorneys, patent agents and staff scientists, expert in all major fields, including:

Biotech
Cardiology
Data storage
Diagnostics
Drug delivery/formulation
Energy
Genomics
Immunology
Internet
Materials
Medical devices
Nanotechnology
Neuroscience
Oncology
Open source
Pharmaceuticals
Proteomics
Security
Software/hardware
Telecommunications
Wireless

Industry Experts

Lawyers have negotiated key strategic partnerships, licenses, joint ventures, r&d agreements, distributorships, and commercial transactions with leaders in all industries.

National/International Reach

Technology and life sciences company transactions in almost all 50 states and many foreign countries, especially in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Preeminent US -- Canada cross-border practice.

Clients:
Analog Devices, Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Astellas Pharma, Aventis, Bayer, Becton, Dickinson, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital Boston, Citrix Systems, Dana Farber, Eisai, Harmonix Music Systems, Harvard, Hewlett Packard, L-1 Identity Solutions, Mass General Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, MIT, Pegasystems, RSA Security, Stanford, Transkaryotic Therapies, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Voice Signal Technologies, Wyeth