Working with colleagues and firms around the world, our patent lawyers in Africa can coordinate patent prosecutions across five continents – and help clients make the most of their IP assets.
Prosecuting patents effectively can be critical to a business, particularly R&D-focused and innovative companies. Business success may depend on protecting unique technology and revenue streams, while advancing patents to increase the likelihood they would survive litigation in the future. In this area, we advise clients including major corporations, multinationals, startups and scaleups, and innovative institutions such as manufacturers, service providers, universities and other law firms.
Local presence, global reach: we work in 20 African countries, providing an unrivalled local presence and insights backed by one of the world’s biggest business law firms. Our global Africa team comprises more than 200 lawyers in Johannesburg, Casablanca, London, New York, Paris, Dubai, Perth, Hong Kong and Beijing.
Patent prosecution: we have extensive experience in global patent application drafting and prosecution, licensing and litigation, helping clients navigate a constantly shifting legal landscape. We coordinate with our patent litigation group to develop and execute both offensive and defensive strategies, and we focus on strategic prosecution: the art of obtaining truly significant and enforceable claims issued at the least expense. We also support clients in a variety of increasingly important post-issuance proceedings.
Strategic patent counseling: with IP becoming increasingly valuable, innovative organizations are taking a strategic look at their patent portfolios to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. For clients ranging from emerging companies to Fortune 100 businesses, we provide experienced counsel for strategic patent portfolio analysis to help surface new revenue-generating opportunities. We have helped clients to identify significant untapped value and new sources of additional revenue and to identify IP assets as growth drivers and potential cornerstones to mergers and acquisitions.
Key capabilities include:
- applied materials
- biotechnology
- business methods
- chemistry
- communications
- computer hardware
- electrical and mechanical arts
- electronics
- engineering
- image storage and processing
- life sciences
- medical device
- pharmaceutical
- semiconductors
- software
- technologies in retail, entertainment and consumer products industries
Please contact us to discuss how we can help you to achieve your objectives.