Overview
Harness IP delivers distinct, winning strategies that maximize the bottom line both in and out of court. Our litigators have impressive backgrounds in science, engineering, and business, allowing them to turn complex technical and legal ideas into to straightforward solutions that deliver the win. Our firm’s exclusive focus on intellectual property further enables us to take on any dispute or adverse proceeding in all areas of IP law.
Intellectual property disputes typically rise to the attention of the highest level executives because the stakes usually implicate important products and services with substantial revenue. Protecting IP boundaries that define market share is critical. Yet, the days of whatever it costs to win are an adage of the past.
We deliver both the depth and breadth of IP litigation, trial and appellate experience and talent at a far more competitive price. When selecting trial counsel for important IP disputes, it is imperative to look behind the curtain. There is a difference between having “experience” in IP litigation and actual trial wins, summary judgment grants, Markman successes, and appellate affirmances. Our track record is impeccable. We face serious competitors, represented by expensive firms located in larger cities, yet have a track record as good as any firm in the nation. Our results are objective and verifiable. How do we do it? We have lawyers with real trial experience, meaning that they have tried and won many cases.
Winning is paramount, yet cost is rarely irrelevant. Because of our Midwest billing rates, we routinely get cases through trial, or to other successful junctures such as Markman and summary judgment, for a fraction of the cost of firms located in larger cities with much higher costs of living. These costs are, of course, passed on to your company. With budgets tightening, firms in the larger cities are routinely staffing cases with lower level associates in an effort to keep costs down. At Harness IP, our clients receive the benefit of the expertise, insight and talent of senior and veteran litigation partners for about the cost of a senior associate and with less than half that experience as our competitors on the coasts. This provides our clients with a significant competitive advantage in these high stakes litigations.
Harness IP views every case as unique, and never employs a cookie cutter approach. We work closely with our clients to set creative strategies that have the best possible chance of succeeding. We have stringent standards for controlling costs, and welcome clients that seek alternative billing arrangements or dependable budgets.
Our firm handles the highest of stakes litigation. This experience includes precedent setting cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, such as Octane Fitness, Myriad and CBC. v. Major League Baseball. We handle patent, trademark, and other IP disputes in federal courts throughout America, including suits by NPEs in the most notorious jurisdictions in the country. We also have demonstrable experience in closely related PTAB Proceedings before the USPTO.
Our record is impeccable in terms of trial wins, summary judgment grants and case ending Markman results. Because every dispute and competitive situation is different, we forge our solutions accordingly by delivering tangible and practical experience in federal court, before the Patent and Trademark Office and the ITC, as well as by devising other hybrid approaches to problem solving. We have also won awards for our federal court litigation and appellate advocacy.
When Congress enacted the AIA, a team of Harness IP lawyers mastered the new contested matter proceedings, including IPR and post grant proceedings. We were first in the country to handle a proceeding before the Patent Office, and have since successfully executed many such proceedings.
We are committed to mutually beneficial, long term relationships. We welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss your specific needs at no cost. We will also devote the necessary time it takes to learn your business free of charge.
