Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C. protects and enforces intellectual property rights for many of the world's leading companies.

Greenblum & Bernstein has steadily grown for almost thirty years to include more than 40 professionals and 160 employees. The firm provides a full range of services in all aspects of intellectual property law.

Clients of Greenblum & Bernstein range from large and established multinational corporations to start-up companies seeking intellectual property guidance for the first time.

Professionals at Greenblum & Bernstein have backgrounds in all major technical disciplines, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chemical engineering, physics, electrical engineering, computer science, systems engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Practice groups at Greenblum & Bernstein include Litigation and Trial; Patent Procurement; Client Counseling, Licensing and Technology Transfer; Interference; PTO Petitions, Appeals and Special Procedures; and Trademark and Copyright.

Litigation and Trial

Greenblum & Bernstein has more than two decades of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants before U.S. District Courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Firm members include former District Court and Appellate Court law clerks. In addition to extensive federal court experience, the firm draws on a deep understanding of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office procedures to formulate a specific strategy to aggressively pursue each client's interests.

Patent Procurement

Greenblum & Bernstein is recognized as one of the most productive patent firms in the U.S. based on the number of patents granted annually. The firm maintains a full application and prosecution docket in all technological areas. The firm is uniquely positioned to handle matters both routine and complex before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Firm members worked cumulatively for more than 150 years inside the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Client Counseling, Licensing and Technology Transfer

Greenblum & Bernstein analyzes, reviews, and prepares licenses, assignments, joint venture agreements, and other technology transfer agreements in all aspects of intellectual property. The firm regularly analyzes patents and accused products, provides opinions relating to infringement and validity, and counsels clients regarding overall patent strategy and related business issues.

Interference

Greenblum & Bernstein has extensive experience in interference matters. The firm effectively and zealously represents clients provoking and litigating interferences before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

PTO Petitions, Appeals and Special Procedures

Members of Greenblum & Bernstein include unique professionals who served at the highest levels of operation in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Firm members include former Administrative Patent Judges (including the former Chief Administrative Patent Judge) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, as well as a former Special Programs Examiner of the Special Programs Unit in the Commissioner's Office. These members of the firm are often called upon by clients as well as other law firms to resolve unique and/or complex issues before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Trademark and Copyright

Greenblum & Bernstein counsels and represents clients in areas of intellectual property law relating to branding, including trademark, trade dress and product design. The firm includes attorneys experienced in licensing, prosecution and litigation in these areas. The firm enforces and defends intellectual property rights in all areas of inter partes proceedings, including before the Federal district courts and opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Seminars and Lectures

The firm's professionals are regularly invited to lecture overseas to universities, clients, and business organizations on issues relevant to U.S. patent, trademark and copyright law. The firm also conducts annual seminars for patent professionals worldwide on both the basics and the intricacies of U.S. patent law and patent litigation. In addition, the firm's professionals are regularly invited to events in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere, to present lectures to clients and business organizations on issues such as those relevant to generic pharmaceuticals and Hatch-Waxman law.

International Services

Given the international clientele of Greenblum & Bernstein, numerous professionals in the firm are fluent in languages including Japanese, Korean, French, and German. A staff of translators and interpreters, fluent in these languages, is also available for technical translations and international communications with clients and foreign counsel.