Canady + Lortz LLP

Canady + Lortz LLP (C+L) has offices in Los Angeles and Washington, DC.

We are an intellectual property law firm specializing in acquiring and evaluating patent and other intellectual property rights for clients in the life sciences and high technology industries.

We represent a spectrum of clients ranging from universities and research institutions to startups and large corporations.

We prefer being a small IP boutique so we can provide focused, competent, personal, and efficient service to our clients.

Practice

Intellectual property, done by senior attorneys

+ Domestic Patent Prosecution

C+L attorneys are all in good standing with their respective state bars and are registered to practice before the USPTO. Since the USPTO campus is just minutes from our Washington, DC office, we often conduct personal interviews to minimize prosecution history estoppel. For personal interviews for patent applications handled out of our Washington, DC office, we do not charge for travel time to and from the USPTO. Our attorneys based in California determine whether an in-person interview or a telephonic interview best meets the needs of a given patent application. They often coordinate personal interviews at the USPTO in conjunction with travel to professional meetings to reduce or avoid travel costs for our clients.

+ Foreign Patent Prosecution

C+L has cultivated strong relationships with foreign associates all over the world. Suzannah, in particular, has developed an extensive international network of biotech patent attorneys who are recognized leaders in the field and are also highly cost effective. Often the fees billed by the foreign associates in Suzannah’s network are less than those provided by third-party foreign filing intermediaries. Since charges by foreign associates are passed through to our clients at cost, C+L’s clients realize direct savings. Karen’s past experience working for a European patent firm adds another layer of understanding to her effectiveness in managing foreign prosecution. In his prior role as in-house patent counsel, Brad has coordinated the worldwide prosecution of IP portfolios. We leverage these backgrounds to provide C+L clients with quality foreign prosecution at reasonable costs.

+ License Drafting and Negotiation

C+L drafts and negotiates a variety of transactional and intellectual property agreements, including license agreements, material transfer agreements, collaborative research agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and distribution agreements.

+ Search Services

C+L provides search services using various resources such as the databases of patent offices around the world, including the databases of the USPTO, EPO, and WIPO, and the Internet, tailored to the client’s needs. For biotech/medical inventions, our searching includes sequence searches using BLAST, compound structure and compound name searches using DIALOG, Chemical Abstracts, and STN, as appropriate. When it is more economical for the client, we engage professional search companies having technical expertise in the relevant field.

+ Opinion Work

C+L renders a variety of intellectual property legal opinions, including patentability opinions, validity and invalidity opinions, clearance opinions, infringement and non-infringement opinions, and due diligence opinions. Our experience handling due diligence for large corporations also informs our perspective when advising clients who are developing portfolios for licensing or acquisition.

+ On-Site Office Hours for Non-Profits

For its non-profit university and research institution clients located in the continental US, C+L offers periodic on-site office hours during which a C+L attorney meets with the in-house IP professionals and inventors to discuss their cases and answer questions as a firm service.

All IP services

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