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What’s your <strong>IP</strong> strategy?

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<mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-green-color">Merchant fuses technical expertise, strategic guidance, and litigation savvy</mark><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-white-color"> to</mark> turn your intellectual property into a competitive advantage.

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Merchant &amp; Gould Recognized as One of Minnesota&#8217;s Leading Women-Led Law Firms

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<p class="wp-block-contentpilot-introduction">Patenting, protecting, and monetizing your tangible IP assets</p>



<p>Physical intellectual property spans a range of disciplines, and so does our mechanical group's range of talents and technical experience. We are committed to providing the highest quality global intellectual property services to our clients in the mechanical, materials science, and related technology fields.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Serving clients with vision and foresight.</h2>



<p>Our attorneys work to build enduring relationships with each and every client, creating a partnership in which we work with your company to develop strategic plans for your intellectual property. Our goal is to combine a deep knowledge of your company's history with proactive legal counsel as a key to your success. In fact, one of our Mechanical clients has been with the firm for more than 100 years, served by one of our attorneys for almost four decades. By communicating frequently and staying in close touch with your goals, needs, and concerns, we consistently and proactively provide a full range of top-level intellectual property services to help your company thrive now and decades into the future.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Merging practical industry experience with legal insight.</h2>



<p>Not only are our attorneys accomplished in the legal field, we hold engineering or other science degrees, a number of which are advanced degrees in specialized fields. Many of us have practical engineering or scientific work experience and have developed strong cross-disciplinary skills as active members in other groups in the firm. We apply this experience to your toughest IP challenges, collaborating with you to define and refine your inventions, patent portfolios, and long-term IP strategies.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Providing a full spectrum of global intellectual property services.</h2>



<p>As a multi-disciplinary firm providing prosecution, litigation, and trademark services, we can go beyond simple mechanics to serve you with holistic and value-added strategies to solve your IP problems and grow your portfolio. Our full range of mechanical intellectual property services includes:</p>



<ul>
<li>Intellectual property strategy&nbsp;</li>



<li>Patentability investigations</li>



<li>Invention ownership evaluations</li>



<li>Preparing, filing, and prosecuting U.S., International, and foreign patent applications</li>



<li>Prosecution of domestic patent applications on behalf of foreign clients</li>



<li>Intellectual property licensing</li>



<li>Policing and managing patent portfolios</li>



<li>Freedom to operate investigations and opinions</li>



<li>Investigation of infringement</li>



<li>Conducting due diligence studies</li>



<li>Enforcing patent rights</li>



<li>U.S. Patent &amp; Trademark Office post-grant procedures</li>



<li>Appeals before the Patent Trial &amp; Appeal Board</li>



<li>Ex-parte and inter partes reexaminations</li>



<li>Interferences</li>



<li>Patent portfolio management</li>



<li>Patent claim coverage assessments for commercial products</li>



<li>Product marking strategies</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Spanning a range of technologies and industries.</h2>



<p>Attorneys in the Mechanical Group have the technical experience to serve clients in a diverse array of technologies and industries, including:</p>



<ul>
<li>Automotive</li>



<li>Sports and sporting equipment</li>



<li>Lawn and landscaping</li>



<li>Building and construction</li>



<li>Boating and marine</li>



<li>Farming and agriculture</li>



<li>Telecommunications</li>



<li>Food and food processing</li>



<li>Filtration</li>



<li>Vending</li>



<li>Sanitizing</li>



<li>Medical devices and diagnostics</li>



<li>Product coating</li>



<li>Power tools</li>



<li>Transportation</li>



<li>Aerospace</li>



<li>Heavy equipment</li>



<li>Paper processing</li>



<li>Packaging</li>



<li>Appliances</li>



<li>Computers</li>



<li>Semiconductor and fabrication</li>



<li>Superconductor</li>



<li>Universities and research</li>



<li>Materials and materials processing</li>



<li>Industrial processes</li>



<li>Machine design</li>



<li>Plastics</li>



<li>Fiber optics</li>



<li>And more</li>
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<p>With several U.S. offices, we are at your convenience. Let us help you develop, manage, and protect your valuable brands.</p>

Mechanical

<p class="wp-block-contentpilot-introduction">For over a century, Merchant &amp; Gould has earned a reputation as exceptional trial attorneys. Our litigators represent companies in the U.S. and globally, leading the way in a world that thrives on technology and innovation.</p>



<p>Our trial attorneys litigate for clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-up entrepreneurs. We try cases on all intellectual property issues, including patent, trademark, and copyright infringement, brand protection, trade secret misappropriation, and contract disputes, and from virtually every industry, including automotive, biotechnology, computer technology, semiconductor, and software. We also have deep experience as lead counsel in <a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/industries/pharmaceuticals/">Hatch-Waxman Act litigation</a> and in <a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/practices/itc-section-337-investigations/">Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission (ITC)</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="bench-strength">Bench Depth</h2>



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<p>Merchant has over 50 litigation professionals&nbsp;and 125 years of experience solely in intellectual property.&nbsp;Our focus on IP means everyone on our trial teams, from our paralegals and support staff to senior trial counsel, has extensive IP trial and litigation experience. These structural efficiencies, coupled with our cost structure, mean we provide top IP litigation representation at a high level of value. This includes venues at the state court, federal district court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the ITC.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="bench-strength">Technical Strength</h2>



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<p>As an intellectual property boutique, we have the technical strength in house to support every matter. Attorneys from across our firm frequently collaborate on matters to support our clients with the highest level of expertise. Our attorneys bring an inherent global perspective and use creative strategies designed to expand on the potential of new ideas and to capitalize on opportunities that exceed our clients’ toughest expectations.</p>

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