Patent Counseling and Prosecution – Technology
Patent Computer Software
Cooley’s market-leading patent practice provides the full spectrum of counseling, prosecution and litigation representation to leading-edge software companies in and out of Silicon Valley. Whether the technology is database management systems, computer networks, Web 2.0, anti-malware software, digital imaging systems, or other computer software-based technologies, we are adept at helping software companies build a strategic, balanced patent portfolio. Our extensive experience litigating software-related patents enables us to counsel software companies on a variety of different patent-related issues that arise in this highly competitive field. As the go-to law firm for the world’s most innovative companies, Cooley’s clients range from industry leading tech companies to disruptive, high-growth emerging companies. We serve as legal counsel to 6 of Forbes' top 10 most innovative companies in the world.
Representative Fields
- Anti-spyware software
- Bioinformatics
- Biometrics
- Business Intelligence software
- Business methods
- Business Process Management
- Database systems
- Educational software
- Electronic commerce systems
- Electronic design automation
- Encryption
- Enterprise and web services
- Enterprise software
- Gaming software
- Graphics
- Identity-protection software
- Interactive-TV systems
- Internet
- Internet commerce
- Location-based services
- Network security
- Network-device management software
- Search engine technology
- Search Engines
- Social networking
- Software controllers
- Storage-management systems
- Streaming-media systems
- Web services