Patents for business - software, medical devices, robotics

Our decades of legal experience will guide you on what to patent and how to structure your patents so you obtain strong but flexible protection. First, we target wisely: we work with you to choose which innovations to protect with patents as part of an integrated intellectual property strategy that achieves all business goals. Then we work with your technology and business people to fully understand the technology and its implications. We carefully tailor your patents around those business needs and the latest changes in the law, and we build in adaptability for twenty years of future contingencies. Smart targeting and careful tailoring create patents that bring you lasting competitive advantage so that your business asset is secure.

At Cambridge Technology Law we have street smart experience. We are technologists, with in-house and law firm patent experience, and will advise you on the right thing to do for your business.

• Experienced in many tech fields including processor architecture, software, medical devices, robotics, networking, systems, and more.
• Experienced on all sides of the table—inventors, acquirors, investors, licensors, licensees. Because we’ve spent years evaluating the value, strengths, and weaknesses of patents, we know how to shape your patents to build in strength and value.
• Hundreds of U.S. and international patents drafted and obtained within allocated budgets.
• Several of our patents have been litigated and have withstood scrutiny under the most exacting review, to support eight-figure damages awards and nine-figure settlements.
• We seek to obtain patents that are so strong that competitors either voluntarily stay out of your market, or accept licenses without litigation.

Legal Expertise

• David’s expertise in obtaining patents that create value for patent owners was recognized by PLI in New York, NY, which invited him to teach PLI’s advanced patent prosecution class for several years. PLI’s is the largest advanced patent prosecution course in the country. David Boundy, Maximizing Patent Value by Effective Prosecution, PLI Practicing Law Institute, New York NY (Jul 2010).
• David was invited by IEEE to present a program on the implications of the America Invents Act (AIA) for electrical, electronic, and computer engineers, and for startups. David Boundy, The America Invents Act: How the Legal Implications of the AIA Will Affect Best Business Practices—A Survival Manual—First Inventor to File, Diminished Grace Period and Prior Art Issues, IEEE, George Mason University, Arlington VA (October 2012) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkRouP1m7Gk]]
• Maura’s expertise in IP development, commercialization, and management was recognized by marcus evans (a producer of high-end industry trade shows), which invited her to present a multi-day program on the strategic use of IP in business planning, and by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, which invited her to co-present a program on the importance and strategic use of IP in Software Licensing.
• Maura has been invited by IEEE to present numerous programs on the importance and strategic use of several aspects of IP, among them the America Invents Act of 2011, the impact of IP on strategic alliance development, Trade Secrets, and careers in IP for engineers and scientists.
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Technological expertise

We have provided Intellectual Property and general business counseling to start-ups, global corporations, individuals, and universities in the fields of:

• Computer architecture, software, networking, fault tolerance, parallel processing software. (David was invited to lecture at M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science on compiler construction.)
• Business methods—computer trading systems, tax accounting systems, financing structures, hedge fund equity structures, real estate lease structures.
• Medical imaging—mathematical signal processing for noise filtering, edge detection, feature enhancement.
• Medical devices, especially cross-disciplinary inventions with mechanical, materials, reliability, biocompatibility, and manufacturability features.
• Networks
  • Telephone switching, digital and networking communications protocols, session setup.
  • Signal Processing
  • Networks And Net-Centric Computing
  • Fault And Failure Diagnosis
  • Network Performance Monitoring
  • Intrusion Detection And Network Flow Control
  • Cloud Computing
• Computer Systems
  • Computer Resources Evaluation And Management
  • Process Optimization
  • Information Processing
  • Computer Architecture
  • User Interfaces
  • Security and Permissioning
  • Website Development and Hosting
• Software Programming Languages
  • Code Development
  • Metrics
• Data Analysis And Content Management
  • Content Production
  • Content Licensing
  • Data And Financial Analysis
  • Software Systems
  • Insurance Risk Analysis
  • Constraint-Based Analysis
  • Data Stream Analysis
• Medical devices
  • Automatic defibrillators
  • Stents
  • Surgical instruments—spreaders, etc.
  • Joint implants
• Induced Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Processes
• Information Theory
• Artificial Intelligence/Knowledge Engineering
  • Expert Systems And Knowledge Base Design And Maintenance
  • Insight Development
• Storage
  • Distributed Storage Systems
  • Information And Records Management
  • Data Backup And Archiving
  • Data Access And Retrieval
  • Secured File Sharing
  • Expiration Systems
  • Categorizing
• Semiconductors
  • Devices
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
  • Workpiece Surface Inspection
  • Fabrication Information Management
  • Defect Detection
  • Metrology
  • Inspection
• Optics
• Nanotechnology And Micromachined Devices
• Medical Research And Devices
• Test And Measurement Instrumentation
  • Automated Test Equipment
  • Chemical Analysis Instrumentation
  • Process Control
  • Lab equipment
• Vehicle Occupant Restraint Systems
• Business Methods And Business Processes
  • E-Commerce
  • Advertising
  • Financial Services
  • Learning Solutions
  • Checkpoint Management
  • Staff Scheduling
  • Electronic Election Systems
  • Marketing Data Analysis
  • Adaptive Marketing Systems
  • Social Networking
  • Computer Translation
  • Structured Finance, Credit-Tenant Lease Structures, Cap Table Structures
• Mailing, Supply Chain, And Distribution Systems
• Lighting Systems
• Material Processing
• Battery Control
• Sports
  • Equipment
  • Games
  • Apparel
• Home Improvement Tools