MACCORD MASON LIFE SCIENCES PRACTICE GROUP
Life Sciences technologies, in particular pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, are some of the most promising emerging technologies. Companies focused toward innovation in the Life Sciences field are faced with an array of business opportunities and risks. In order to achieve and maintain a competitive market position, a Life Sciences organization must be poised and committed to protecting its valuable intellectual property. In addition to intellectual property protection, a Life Sciences organization may also require proper advisement to create a business strategy through technology licensing.
The Life Sciences Practice Group of MacCord Mason assists our clients in developing, protecting and exploiting their intellectual property assets. We are dedicated to facilitating our client’s understanding of the business opportunities intellectual property creates. Our team of registered patent attorneys has been involved in a variety of aspects of the Life Sciences. Our success in obtaining intellectual property protection meeting the goals of our clients, rests not only upon thorough knowledge of the law, but also upon the broad base of technical experience possessed by members of the law firm.
The following strengths are particularly relevant to assisting Life Science clients in obtaining protection for intellectual property:
- Expertise: Members of the MacCord Mason Life Sciences Practice Group have technical backgrounds that facilitate effective communication with inventors in the Life Sciences field. Several Group members possess advanced technical degrees in engineering and the life sciences and have had extensive hands-on practical and research experience in industry and academia. We have members with experience in pharmaceuticals, plant science, veterinary science particularly ruminants, chemicals and chemical intermediates, forensics, genetics, immunology, polymers, resins, alloys, probiotics, nutraceuticals, inorganic compositions and processes, food science safety hygiene and diagnostic testing, agricultural and medical devices.
- Market Driven Approach: In addition to identifying and protecting intellectual property, MacCord Mason assists in technology transfer, licensing, structuring of strategic alliances and joint marketing arrangements. Patents are seen as business tools that boost our clients’ competitive position. We foster an understanding of opportunities and risks so that business decisions may be made with confidence.
- Innovation and cost effectiveness: The relatively small size of our practice and exclusive focus on intellectual property allow us to obtain cost-effective, meaningful protection for our clients’ intellectual property assets. We constantly explore the use of innovative patent prosecution tools to decrease the time required to prepare, file and prosecute applications in a cost-effective manner.
The Life Sciences Practice Group of MacCord Mason would like to explore the possibility of working with you to help further develop your intellectual property portfolio.
MacCord Mason University Practice Group
Universities and Nonprofit Organizations are faced with unique issues associated with the intellectual property generated by its employees, consultants and students. University innovators — and their developments — are highly sophisticated, and asserting legal ownership in their assets as intellectual property provides a system of protection in the commercial marketplace. In turn, intellectual property permits Universities to control research and technological advances as an incentive to productize or license to find commercial value and recoup investment. However, turning university technology into commercial value involves legal and regulatory limitations, including issues of financial assistance awards, ownership disputes, export and manufacturing controls, and trade secret considerations. Managing these unique intellectual property concerns of nonprofit technology transfer, while procuring a broad scope of protection for the University technology, is the primary focus of the University Practice Group of MacCord Mason.
The University Practice Group of MacCord Mason assists academic and nonprofit institutions in developing, protecting and exploiting their intellectual property assets. We have helped our technically oriented clients in developing patent, trademark and know-how portfolios that support their long-term business strategies. Our success in obtaining intellectual property protection that meets the goals of our clients rests not only upon thorough knowledge of the law, but also upon the broad base of technical experience possessed by members of the law firm.
The following strengths are particularly relevant to assisting academic and nonprofit institutions in obtaining protection for intellectual property:
- Expertise: Members of the MacCord Mason University Practice Group have the technical background that is often needed to relate to university inventors. Several Group members possess advanced technical degrees in engineering and the life sciences and have had extensive hands-on practical and research experience in industry and academia.
- Working with universities: The University Practice Group has developed relationships with several universities to obtain patent protection and assist faculty members in establishing business start-ups based upon life science and biotechnology research.
- Innovation and cost effectiveness: The relatively small size of our practice and exclusive focus on intellectual property allow us to obtain cost-effective, meaningful protection for our clients’ intellectual property assets. We constantly explore the use of innovative patent prosecution tools to decrease the time required to prepare, file and prosecute applications in a cost-effective manner.
The University Practice Group of MacCord Mason would like to explore the possibility of working with you to help further develop your patent portfolio.