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Protecting the rights of consumer and industrial applications of mechanical and medical devices always has been at the heart of our practice. Many of our professionals have worked in the world's largest technology companies. Our expertise in disciplines such as biochemistry and physics, computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering and other applied sciences allows us to offer sophisticated, effective advice in both the technical and business spheres.
The mechanical technologies with which we have long worked are extensive and typically varied automotive products and aircraft engines, humidifiers and HVAC systems, photocopiers and printing presses, synthetic diamonds and sewing machines and many more. Our work in this area continues unabated even as it has been joined by an equally long and varied list of medical device technologies angioplasty catheters, cardiovascular stents, hip implants, medical diagnostic equipment, orthopedic devices, prosthetics and surgical equipment, just to name a few.
The explosion of biomedical technology in particular has created a sea of potential conflict and an ocean of opportunity. Whether in the mechanical or medical arena, a strategic patent approach requires both controlling and collaborating with the competition. Correspondingly, our work is calculated to provide clients with effective strategic positions both defensively and offensively. We have successfully prosecuted many thousands of patents, and we help build our clients' IP portfolios with an eye toward successful defense as well as profitable licensing opportunities, potential asset sales, acquisitions and mergers. Our opinion work is top-notch and dependable and our experience is longstanding and global. In the conduct of licensing negotiations, potential licensors/licensees are keenly aware of our reputation for successfully enforcing our clients' patent rights, invalidating an adversary's, and otherwise enforcing all forms of licensing agreements and contracts.
Our reputation for skill at litigation is longstanding and well-founded, and stands behind all else that we do. Recent matters include a pair of successful representations of the Stryker and Osteonics Corporations. In the first, we established willful infringement on the part of Intermedics Orthopedics, Inc. concerning our client's patent for an orthopedic hip replacement, winning $72 million in damages after trial. In the second, against Zimmer, Inc., we successfully defended a charge of patent infringement and settled for a $22 million payment to our clients.
In sum, we have an intimate understanding of both the legal dimension of our clients' intellectual property and the scientific and substantive aspects of their innovations and products.
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