Semiconductor companies invest heavily in research and development and often seek to protect their innovations through patents. This leads to a dense landscape of intellectual property rights. Strong patents that cover fundamental aspects of cutting-edge semiconductor technology can provide a significant competitive edge. Due to the dense semiconductor patent landscape, many companies enter into cross-licensing agreements, and awareness of the implications of this is important when drafting patent applications.
Throughout our firm’s history, we have worked with companies ranging from startups to established leaders in the semiconductor industry. This experience provides a wealth of industry-specific knowledge, including familiarity with the competitive landscape and industry-standard terminology and practices. We have a deep technical bench with over 30 attorneys working in this area and unequaled technical and legal expertise.
We work on many aspects of semiconductor technology. Some specific examples include processors; memory technologies; semiconductor manufacturing; semiconductor packaging; integrated circuits; semiconductor sensors, and semiconductor chips and computer systems optimized for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).