Intellectual Property

In today’s global marketplace, intellectual property protection is vital. A business plan that contemplates achieving and retaining a competitive edge in any marketplace, whether domestic or global in scope, requires competent, reliable, creative and cost effective counseling to protect, maintain, enforce and exploit valuable intellectual property assets and to analyze and manage third party IP risks.

Intellectual property attorneys and patent agents at Miller Canfield have the technical and legal backgrounds to advise and represent domestic and international businesses and entrepreneurs, individual inventors, start-up enterprises and academic institutions in obtaining, protecting, enforcing and licensing intellectual property assets.

Global Reach

We procure domestic and international patents, obtain registration of trademarks and protection of copyrights, and provide appraisal and valuation of intellectual property conceived and developed by our clients or by others from whom our clients are acquiring the property.  We arrange domestic and international transfers of intellectual property rights and provide legal representation and counsel in the resolution of disputes over ownership, validity, and infringement.

Miller Canfield offers clients our complete service expertise in patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and computer transactions, including comprehensive dispute resolution. Our attorneys provide guidance and counsel in all phases of domestic and foreign patent procurement, licensing, and litigation. We assist clients in formulating IP strategies to protect innovation evolving from their research and development.