Intellectual property rights are often key to the success of new water projects, ventures, and transactions. Our Intellectual Property Group has extensive technical knowledge in water treatment and many years of experience supporting water industry clients with patent procurement, licensing and exploitation, portfolio evaluation and analysis, and dispute avoidance and resolution.
We have built and managed international water-technology patent portfolios, licensed patent rights in water technology equipment and processes, evaluated water technology and conducted intellectual property audits, provided opinions on patentability, validity, patent scope, infringement, and design-around alternatives, provided state-of-the-art technology surveys and patent mapping, provided IP due diligence in the sale of water technology and water tech companies, and defended water tech clients’ positions in inter-party disputes. Our patent lawyers have technology backgrounds that matter most in water technology - chemistry, bacteriology, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, fluid mechanics, electrical engineering, and computer science, and they work closely with our corporate and regulatory lawyers to help ensure technological integrity in all Water Group projects.