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Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
Full-Service Intellectual Property Solutions
Intellectual property can be your company’s most valuable asset. It is the idea on which your company was founded and the driving force behind its growth. Whether you are developing cutting-edge technical applications or expanding an elite global brand, you need a law firm partner who is as serious about protecting your intellectual property as you are about creating it.
Established over 40 years ago, G&B is one of the
oldest Intellectual Property Law Firms in the United States.
Many of the world’s most recognizable brands entrust us with their intellectual property portfolios. Our firm offers a full suite of patent, trademark and other intellectual property services, including prosecution, transactions, and litigation in a wide range of technologies. Our experienced team of attorneys, patent agents and technical advisors work together seamlessly to provide our clients with comprehensive, customized and fully integrated intellectual property solutions.
Our experience spans all major and many specific technologies, including electrical, chemical, pharmaceutical, mechanical, biotech, software, telecom, fintech, and digital applications.
Why Choose Greenblum & Bernstein
as Your Intellectual Property Law Firm?
Experience at the USPTO, in Prosecution and Contested Matters.
More than half of our attorneys have served in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Firmwide, we have hundreds of years of inside-the-USPTO experience. Our team includes many former patent examiners and includes a former Chief Judge and Vice Chief Judge of the Patent Trial and Appeals Board. Our attorneys regularly appear before the PTAB and TTAB, handling examiner interviews, IPR’s, Appeals and interferences, as prominent examples. As a result, we provide well-rounded strategic counsel and can anticipate and avoid potential pitfalls.
Experience in Litigation.
We have extensive litigation experience in the U.S. District Courts, having been litigating patent, trademark and other IP matters in federal courts around the United States since 1981. In patents. Our experience includes litigating in technologies as diverse as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, medical imaging devices, and pool cleaning equipment, just to name a few; as well as trademark and trade secret matters. Our attorneys regularly appear in district courts from coast-to-coast on behalf of our domestic and international clients.
Experience in Transactions and Business Counseling.
We have been counselling clients worldwide since our inception on transactional matters, including M&A, licensing, infringement, validity, and other IP-related business issues. We have served as lead IP counsel and as diligence and negotiation counsel for billions of dollars in transactions, and regularly advise both in-house IP counsel and company executives on business strategies relating to IP.
International Advisors - We Speak Your Language
We Speak Your Language. G&B represents numerous clients around the globe. Our attorneys travel frequently to counsel clients around the United States and throughout Europe and Asia on their U.S. intellectual property needs. With a multi-lingual team that includes attorneys and staff fluent in English, Japanese, Korean, German, Chinese, and French, we can advise our clients on legal and technical matters in their own native language. Our attorneys also offer training and seminars on topics such as U.S. negotiation styles and legal procedure to help our international clients work more effectively in the U.S. market.
Leaders in High and New Tech.
For more than 40 years, we have represented Fortune 500 and other global companies in fintech, automotive, and other electrical and computer technologies. We have prepared, prosecuted, and defended applications resulting in hundreds of millions in revenue and assisted clients in obtaining numerous standard-essential patents.
Leaders in Pharma.
G&B is internationally recognized for its strength in the pharmaceutical space. We have represented clients in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 30 years, assisting with registration and enforcement of patents for both brand-name and generic drugs. We have also represented numerous pharma clients in Hatch-Waxman litigation. On the generic side, G&B represents ANDA and 505(b)(2) applicants through all stages from assessment of prospective products through litigation. From initial strategies, to ANDA/505(b)(2) filing and notice, and on through litigation (or settlement), trial, and appeal, G&B’s attorneys are experienced in all aspects of Hatch-Waxman litigation. Some recent products that G&B assisted our generic clients with include apremilast (Otezla®), vortioxetine (Trintellix®), apixaban (Eliquis®), aripiprazole (Abilify®), linagliptin (Tradjenta®), linagliptin+metformin (Jentadueto®), and vilazodone (Viibryd®). G&B represents generic companies around the world, and regularly visits clients in India, Europe, and other countries.
Leaders in Biotech.
Our firm is also recognized for the strength of our biotechnology patent practice. Our biotech team includes members with extensive technical experience, many of whom have conducted Ph.D. and post-doctoral research in biotech. Our team counsels clients who are innovating at the forefront of biotechnology, including genetic engineering and the development of biosimilars for approved medicines. We offer strategic counseling and customized services on portfolio development, design-around strategies and more, all of which are grounded in the latest legal and market trends.
Commitment to Innovation.
Just as our clients are innovators in their fields, our firm is committed to innovation in the delivery of legal services. Notably, G&B has invested in the development of its own proprietary, patented technology to manage our clients’ patent and trademark portfolios. We also regularly use this tool to facilitate efficient client communication, calendaring, status reporting, and billing in the fast-paced world of patent prosecution. We developed client management and communication systems in-house and we have dedicated programmers on staff who routinely customize applications to meet our clients’ individual needs and demands. This tool is just one example of our effort to offer clients the best of both worlds: an experienced, stable team with a flexible and creative mindset.
Chances are, for any intellectual property issues that may arise -
no matter how obscure or complex - we have seen it before.
One-Stop IP Solutions
We are exclusively devoted to intellectual property. As a result, our firm has teams with high levels of experience in every aspect of intellectual property, including:
Patents
G&B’s USPTO group represents clients in both ex parte proceedings before the USPTO.
Post-Grant Patent Group
Our Post-Grant Patent group specializes in representing clients in all proceedings before the USPTO that involve issued patents.
PTO Petitions, Appeals & Special Procedures
The firm’s attorneys are prepared to take each case through trial and appeal and are committed to devising a strategy and approach tailored to the client’s business needs.
Litigation and Trial
Our Litigation and Trial Group has the experience to bring the most complex cases to a successful resolution.
IP Transactions
We approach intellectual property with an emphasis on achieving business oriented results tailored to meet each client’s goal.
Trademark and Copyright
Our team focuses on securing rights and helping clients maximize the value of those rights before the USPTO, and in protecting those rights once obtained.