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"Our thorough knowledge of the industry means you don’t have to take time to educate us; we can answer your questions right away."

How well is your intellectual property strategy aligned with your business goals?

Have you maximized the asset value of your IP?
Do you know that your patents offer the best coverage for your current products?
Is your patent portfolio set up for acquisition or an IPO?
Do you know that the software you’re developing won’t infringe on existing patents?
Are you comfortable that your software patent applications meet the minimum standards currently imposed by the case law in the United States?

The attorneys at SLW understand the life cycle of software companies and can advise you at every stage of your growth. We cover the spectrum from solo inventors to large companies. We’ve helped clients grow from small start ups to multi-billion dollar IPOs, or with acquisitions on the order of hundreds of millions. We work with gaming companies, online auction sites and others with large software platforms. Our thorough knowledge of the industry means you don’t have to take time to educate us; we can answer your questions right away.

Identify Your True Intellectual Property Assets

A single software release can contain multiple IP assets; our invention harvesting process uncovers these assets, ranking and rating them to help you see the best directions to pursue. We can advise you about developing a specific aspect of an application, or not, based on your business objectives and the surrounding patent landscape.

Dynamic Reports Tell You More

The data we give you is fundamentally different from what you’ll get from any other IP firm. We generate dynamic reports that you can use over and over again. This means faster answers to your questions, and a more complete view of your patents within the competitive landscape.

Patents Delivered on Your Schedule

We know how fast the software development cycle can be – sometimes the window from conception to release can be as short as a month. Our team is both personal and scalable. You get a single point of contact plus a firm that can take on as much work as you need and turn it around when you need it.

We speak the language of the software engineer

Our attorneys have a passion for technology, working with your engineers and other inventors to find ways to use your IP assets. Our specialized knowledge means we can uncover greater depths of information in meetings, to help craft broader, and more complete applications.

Technologically advanced

Our Expertise

70 attorneys and patent agents strong and counting, our software practice is made up of attorneys with backgrounds in engineering and with numerous masters and PhD degrees in computer science and engineering. Three of our partners are co-editors of the book Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, published by BNA Books. And to show our commitment to being where the heart of the industry is located, we opened an office in Silicon Valley in 2004. Our diverse software practice has included:

Artificial intelligence
Communications/Telecommunications software
Data processing
- Control systems
Database and file management or data structures
E-Commerce/Business process software
- Cost/price determination
- Process management
- Electronic funds transfer
EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software
Embedded software
Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery
GPS and navigational software
Image/graphics processing/analysis software
Information security software
Language translation
Network software
Operating systems
Signal processing software
- Audio signal processing
- Television signal processing and programming
- Speech signal processing
- Compression/decompression
Software as a Service
Software development, installation, and management
User interfaces