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Over my career in intellectual property law, I’ve been witness to numerous instances where smaller companies have successfully defended their innovations against larger corporations.  I’m always heartened to see cases where patents and other IP protections are able to level the playing field and allow innovators to defend their ownership […]

The national legal rating service, Super Lawyers, has once again put a spotlight on Dilworth IP by naming both founder and managing partner, Michael Dilworth, and partner Ben Lehberger to their 2023 list of top-rated practicing attorneys.

Dilworth IP is excited to announce that trademark attorney Julie Tolek will join the intellectual property conference, IPWatchdog LIVE 2023, as moderator of the breakout session titled “The Infringing Underbelly of AI: Is Resistance Futile?” The conference, hosted by IPWatchdog, will be held September 17-19 in Herndon, VA.

Your IP counsel can help foster trade secret awareness, ensure contracts are solid, and work with security teams in safeguarding your company’s valuable trade secrets.

“Doctor, what does ‘green’ mean to you? Environmental sustainability? Envy? Inexperience? How about a particular U.S. brand of medical examination glove??” PT Medisafe Technologies (Indonesia) would like you to answer “Yes!” to that last question, and as a supplier of examination gloves to the medical field, PT Medisafe claims a […]

The Dilworth IP team is growing! We are excited to announce that Julie Tolek, a Trademark Attorney, has joined the company.

Your IP counsel can help you establish a culture of IP awareness among your R&D team to undergird the important work of developing your most valuable innovation assets.

Perhaps the most important role your IP counsel plays is in identifying and mitigating risks to your company’s valuable intellectual property assets.

Obtaining the services of specialized IP counsel is a worthwhile investment in the future of your enterprise. They’d be able to insert themselves into every level of your innovation architecture, ensuring you’re getting the most value out of your asset portfolio. As you develop your company’s IP strategy, your IP counsel can play a central role in effectively laying a solid foundation for growth.

Ongoing competitive monitoring seeks to create a dynamic portrait of the overall patent activity within your competitive sphere, while competitive landscape analysis provides a broader view of technology trends and developments. Both efforts work in concert with each other to help you know your competition, mitigate infringement risks, and identify licensing and acquisition opportunities. Crucially, competitive monitoring and landscape analysis help identify the guideposts for your own innovation initiatives.