Protecting intellectual property assets is one of the most important tasks our clients face. Hunton’s intellectual property team works with client innovators to protect, defend, obtain, monetize, and avoid infringing patent, trade secret, trademark, trade dress, trade name, and copyright rights.

Our team provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary services designed to handle the most pressing IP issues facing our clients, including prosecution, portfolio management, licensing, litigation, post-grant proceedings, UDRP proceedings, advertising compliance, unfair competition, rights of publicity and privacy, trade secret protection, and due diligence. We manage the full life cycle of client intellectual property assets, and seek to develop strong, defensible portfolios that align with each client’s specific goals. As part of one of the nation’s largest law firms, our IP group has the resources to respond quickly and forcefully to client needs, regardless of area of practice, venue, or technology.

We serve clients ranging from small startups to Fortune^® 100 corporations, across diverse industries including retail, consumer products, energy, automotive, manufacturing, telecommunications, life sciences, financial services, real estate development, and more. Informed by decades of practice and real-world technical experience, we approach each client’s intellectual property portfolio as part of an overall business plan and develop strategies tailored to fit the plan.

Hunton’s intellectual property lawyers are resident in a number of the firm’s domestic offices and collaborate with colleagues throughout locations and practices to address ancillary issues related to mergers and acquisitions, competition and antitrust, bankruptcy, and privacy, among others. Our intellectual property practice and individuals have been recognized by Chambers USA, Legal 500, Managing Intellectual Property, World Trademark Review, IAM Patent, and The Benchmark Guide to America’s Leading Litigators, and more. While we appreciate the rankings and honors bestowed on us by outside sources, we are most proud of our efforts on behalf of our clients.