About The Firm

Our intellectual property law firm represents its clients in connection with a wide range of patent, trademark, and copyright matters. With a broad spectrum of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies, Mayer & Williams specializes in the analysis and procurement of patents directed to technologically complex inventions. Our attorneys have degrees in electrical engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering and physics, and most have advanced degrees in these areas, allowing our firm to vigorously and effectively represent its clients in any area of technology.

Our firm represents clients in diverse fields including telecommunication infrastructure and services, computer systems and software, Internet technology, optics, polymer films, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, semiconductor devices and fabrication processes, and photonics. Our attorneys have practiced extensively in the patent field and are experienced in patent prosecution, client counseling, business planning, patent validity and infringement options, and clearance studies.

Mayer & Williams strives to be involved in its clients' overall business strategies to help them more effectively leverage their businesses using their intellectual property resources. To that end, our firm drafts and negotiates licenses and technology deals, performs intellectual property portfolio analyses for venture capitalists and private offerings, prepares disclosure documentation for public offerings, and evaluates potential litigation risks for use in obtaining patent enforcement insurance.

The registered patent attorneys of Mayer & Williams have extensive experience in all aspects of practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office, including appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences.