Patent prosecution
Lakeside is able to offer the full range of patent prosecution services, including:
- Invention harvesting
- Patentability searches
- Patent drafting, filing & examination
- Representation at EPO
- Worldwide portfolio management.
Through collaboration with a specialized admin services provider, Lakeside offers cost-effective, high quality and reliable worldwide patent portfolio management.
Client access to the IP Management System is available, eliminating the need for parallel record keeping on your end.
IP Strategy & Management
Through past experience, Lakeside attorneys are uniquely positioned to advise, alone or in collaboration with an established network of leading IP lawyers, (as the case requires) on matter such as:
- Patent & trade secret strategy
- Negotiating transactional matters (technology transfer & licensing deals, division of IP in research collaborations, etc.)
- IP policies & implementation through SOPs
- Fractional in-house IP director role
Freedom to operate
Pragmatic FTO advice tailored to your product development / innovation process, including:
- FTO searching & advice
- Invalidity opinions (in collaboration with local counsel as needed)
Opposition & litigation
Lakeside attorneys can leverage substantial litigation experience to guide you through an EPO opposition or UPC/BE/NL litigation trajectory from start to finish, in collaboration with local counsel as applicable.
Lakeside can provide technical support in pan-European proceedings and facilitate expert statements.
Furthermore, Lakeside can leverage its strategic partnership with Novacon IP to access complementary expertise or quickly expand capacity on strategic projects such as licensing or litigation campaigns.