Ideas Need Protection.

At Carstens & Cahoon, our dedicated

team of registered patent attorneys,

trademark professionals, and patent

agents understands how to help

ideas prosper. We understand that

innovation is a business investment

that must be developed. We

understand that protecting your

intellectual property assets is the first

step in doing that. And we understand

how that is done.

It’s done through technical knowledge

and legal expertise, through a balance

of aggressive pursuit and cost efficiency,

through the effective use of proper legal

tools and in-depth analysis, and through

working with you to understand your

business goals and how intellectual

property helps you achieve them.

We understand that, at times, protecting

ideas requires an entire team of dedicated

professionals. We’re large enough to

handle patent and trademark prosecution

and litigation of a grand scale, yet small

enough to ensure partner involvement in

each and every case. We can dedicate

enormous resources to projects that

warrant extra attention, particularly during

the time-intensive phases of litigation.

At the same time, we’re a prosecution

powerhouse—filing hundreds of patent and

trademark applications per year.

Yet, unlike large multi-disciplinary firms,

our attorneys are dedicated to one thing—

helping clients navigate the intellectual

property legal system. Our organizational

structure ensures appropriate interaction

between business staff, engineers,

technical advisors, patent attorneys, and

our firm’s partners—providing you with

access to years of intellectual property

experience with just one phone call.

With the resources of a large firm and

the focus and personalized service of a

boutique, Carstens & Cahoon is dedicated

to protecting your ideas.

Carstens & Cahoon. Dedicated to Protecting Ideas.®

Dedicated Knowledge. Dedicated Resources.

The seeds of invention often require protection from the weather of today’s global competition. Carstens & Cahoon offers both the legal expertise and technical insight needed for ideas to prosper. We help our clients protect their intellectual property rights before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the International Trade Commission,

and state and federal courts.

PROSECUTION

Carstens & Cahoon has extensive

experience in obtaining patents, copyrights,

and trademarks in fields as diverse as

aviation, business methods, computer

hardware and software, food technology,

medical devices, oil field and mining

equipment, and telecommunications. The

firm prides itself in providing thorough

protection for its clients with a deliberate

combination of efficiency and tenacity.

LITIGATION The attorneys at Carstens & Cahoon bring

a high level of command and competence

to the courtroom and have litigated

many patent, trademark, copyright,

and trade secret infringement suits. The

firm’s arguments regarding validity and

infringement have been instrumental in

achieving favorable settlements for our

clients. When settlement is not possible, our

firm has the manpower and trial experience

to vigorously pursue litigation through jury

verdict.

COUNSELING

Our attorneys offer a solid background in

providing sound counseling patent on both

infringement and validity. We regularly

conduct infringement, validity, and due

diligence studies in response to cease-and-

desist letters or in advance of litigation.

Additionally, our comprehensive right-to-

use opinions are frequently used in the

preliminary stages of investment decisions.

Furthermore, our patent lawyers routinely

assist clients in developing, marketing,

managing, and enforcing patent portfolios

both in the US and internationally.

Our attorneys are not merely lawyers. They are also scientists, engineers, and computer programmers.

Their diverse technical education and

training enables them to short-circuit the

learning curve on a wide spectrum of

technologies, giving our attorneys more time

to spend on what they do best—protecting

clients’ innovations.

At Carstens & Cahoon, we focus on

technology-related industries where our core

competencies have been built through

hands-on experience and technical training.

These industries include aviation, chemical

processing, computer software, computer

hardware, cosmetics, digital signal

processing, drilling equipment, food

technology, medical devices, semiconductor

processing, and telecommunications. By

focusing on key market segments, we can

concentrate our resources to provide faster,

smarter, better-implemented solutions for our

clients.

Our dedication to staying current on

ever-changing technology helps us better

protect technology-based ideas.

Dedicated to Understanding Diverse Technology.

In a world where a company’s

equity is more and more often being

determined by its intellectual property

portfolio rather than by its fixed

assets, protecting your ideas takes on

a new level of importance. Now, your

ideas have become your business.

As you cultivate your intellectual property

portfolio, C&C is poised to help you protect

it through legal means appropriate in scale,

effectiveness, and cost. We are dedicated

to working with you—within your budget

and timeline—to establish a strategic

intellectual property program that converts

ideas into assets to help your business grow.

Dedicated to Growing Business.

Dedicated to Intellectual Property.

We are intellectual property attorneys

dedicated to helping our clients with

all of their intellectual property needs.

Our services include:

PATENTS

• Patent prosecution

• Patent litigation

• Post-grant patent review

• Validity and infringement analysis

• Patent portfolio evaluation

• Patent portfolio management

• Patent brokerage

• Patent licensing

TRADEMARKS

• Trademark applications and counsel

• Trademark litigation and dispute resolution

• Trademark oppositions and cancellations

• Trademark clearance opinions

• Trademark licensing

• Domain name disputes

COPYRIGHTS

• Copyright registration

• Copyright litigation

• Copyright licensing

• Work-for-hire agreements

TRADE SECRETS

• Employment agreements

• Confidentiality agreements

• License agreements

• Trade secret enforcement and litigation

• Trade secret inventory analysis

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS

• Non-disclosure agreements

• Technology transfer agreements

• Invention disclosure programs

• Intellectual property licensing

• Intellectual property evaluation

• Intellectual property due diligence

• Software development agreements

• Development agreements

• Manufacturing agreements

To find out more about how we provide the

shelter ideas need, call us at 972-367-2001 or

visit our website at www.cclaw.com.

Carstens & Cahoon.

Dedicated to protecting ideas.®