The Law Firm of Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart and Olstein

The Intellectual Property Department at Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein is highly respected both nationally and internationally and has years of experience in securing, licensing and protecting intellectual property rights.

The firm has recognized that as a result of rapidly advancing technology and changes in the law affecting the ability to protect such technology, it is necessary to implement unique intellectual property strategies that are tailored to the client's business. This has resulted in the firm filing and obtaining breakthrough patents for its clients.

The unique combination of technical expertise, broad legal experience, and business savvy enables the firm's attorneys to establish and implement intellectual property strategies designed to maximize protection with a view toward optimizing the overall worth of the business.

The firm is recognized for its expertise as to business and legal issues involved in corporate collaborations which involve the development, protection, licensing, and marketing of products based on new technology.

The firm also assists technology driven, start-up and small firms in setting and implementing long term intellectual property strategies with a view toward using intellectual property as a basis for meeting capital requirements by interim financing, corporate collaborations, and public offerings.

Carella, Byrne is also involved in sophisticated litigation to effectively protect clients' property against infringement or charges of infringement in the following areas:

Patent Infringement
Patent Anti-trust and International Law
Trademark Infringement
Trade Dress
Parallel Imports.

A number of attorneys are registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with experience in US District Courts throughout the United States and Circuit Courts of Appeal in California, Illinois, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and New Jersey as well as the Court of Appeals for the Federal Court, where all patent infringement appeals are heard.

Internationally, close ties are held with associate counsel in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Canada, Italy, France, Austria, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, the People's Republic of China, Malaysia, and Singapore as well as other foreign nations.