Practice Areas 

FALKOWSKI PLLC


 

The law firm of Falkowski PLLC provides practical legal advice to clients ranging from individual inventors to large businesses on matters relating to technology and intellectual property.

 

 Patents

  • Assist clients in identifying potentially valuable inventions

  • Patent searches and patentability opinions

  • Drafting, filing, and prosecuting patents

  • Patent licensing

  • Patent enforcement

  • Non-infringement, invalidity, and infringement opinions

  • Patent tutorials for technical and business personnel

  • Software, business methods, automotive, image processing, medical devices, e-commerce, and other types of patents

 

 Business Transactions
  • Technology licenses and assignments
  • Outsourcing transactions
  • Application service provider contracts
  • Joint development agreements
  • Co-ownership agreements
  • Distribution, resell, and marketing agreements
  • Employee contracts
  • Contract management policies
  • Analysis and drafting of service level provisions
  • Analysis and drafting of statement of work documents

 

 E-Commerce and Internet
  • Domain name disputes
  • Privacy policies, terms of use, and other web site documents
  • Web site legal compliance
  • E-commerce and other Internet-related patents
  • Online transaction assistance
 Strategic Intellectual Property Counseling
  • Competitor patent monitoring
  • Creating policies and criteria to prioritize IP investments
  • Employee IP education
  • IP audits
  • IP due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
  • Cost/benefit analyses regarding different types of IP protection

 

 Copyrights
  • Preparation and filing of copyright registrations
  • Infringement and non-infringement opinions
  • Copyright enforcement activities

 

 Trademarks
  • Trademark searches
  • Preparation and filing of trademark applications
  • Infringement and non-infringement opinions
  • Oppositions
  • Trademark enforcement activities

 

 Trade Secrets
  • Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
  • Creation of internal policies to identify and preserve trade secrets
  • Trade secret enforcement activities

 

 Enforcement, Arbitration, and Litigation
  • Cease and desist letters

  • License and settlement negotiations

  • Arbitration proceedings

  • Litigation