BICOASTAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM BASED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Leonard, Patel & Olson, P.C. is a bicoastal intellectual property (IP) law firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Irvine, California. Our attorneys recognize that IP assets provide critical value to businesses of all forms, whether they are used to attract funding, protect products or a brand, stave off competitors, facilitate licensing revenue, or any of the strategic reasons that provide value to business. The compelling business case for obtaining and protecting IP assets is demonstrated, in part, by the following:

• "[E]xperts believe that between 70 percent and 90 percent of the value of publicly traded companies is attributed to intellectual property" - Building and Enforcing Intellectual Property Value 2008, page 31
• "86.3% of companies with highly rated intellectual property positions are venture capital winners" - Joseph Hadzima, Bruce Brockmann and Alexander Butler, IP in Early-Stage Commercial and Investment Success, page 51 (Intellectual Asset Magazine March/April 2010)
• "Venture-backed startups disproportionately generate the new technological improvements upon which growth depends" - Department of Commerce White Paper, page 3
• "[H]igh patent quality ... is closely corrolated with the most valuable innovations. Generally speaking, high quality is a feature of patents held by successful, growing companies" - Department of Commerce White Paper, page 4

Accordingly, intangible assets are generally a strong majority of the assets of a business.

To assist businesses in protecting their intangible assets, we offer a broad range of intellectual property services that are custom-tailored to meet the specific needs of clients in the United States and around the world. Some of the services that our attorneys provide include the acquisition of patents and trademarks, patent portfolio management, evaluating third-party rights and infringement, litigation support services, M&A due diligence, preparing and addressing notices of infringement, and valuation of IP assets.