Richard B. Hoffman
Partner
Richard B. Hoffman advises U.S. and foreign clients, from major corporations to foundations to entrepreneurs. He brings over 37 years of experience counseling them on how to gain economic benefits and protections for their new products or ideas in mechanical and diverse related technologies. Whether negotiating effective intellectual property agreements and licenses, diligently pursuing patent protections, providing freedom-to-operate opinions, counseling on trade secret issues, or preparing intellectual property audits, he delivers practical and valuable solutions. Awarded a Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rating™ for his abilities, he remains in the forefront of developing new technologies, leading the Firm in its Cleantech and Renewables practice, and working on his own inventions in the biomass field outside the office.
recent client work
- Successfully tackled a large manufacturing client's numerous IP issues to clear the launch of a new generation product, directing a Marshall, Gerstein & Borun team with diverse backgrounds in several technologies and legal specialties. The work involved updating patent application protection, freedom-to-operate searching and opinions, licensing negotiation strategy and counseling, responding to IP-type concerns of prospective customers, and related foreign clearance searching and IP protection.
- For more than 15 years, Mr. Hoffman has been effectively prosecuting a large, ongoing series of U.S. patent applications spanning multiple technologies for a foreign-based manufacturer of beverage bottling machinery. This long-term relationship has demanded an intimate, evolving knowledge of the client’s industry/technology and the need to continually apprise the client of changes in U.S. IP law and industry developments.
- Handles a diverse series of ongoing IP-related inquiries from several insurance companies on licensing matters, business method patents, freedom-to-operate questions, and confidential disclosure or employment – related issues.
Richard B. Hoffman
Partner
Richard B. Hoffman advises U.S. and foreign clients, from major corporations to foundations to entrepreneurs. He brings over 37 years of experience counseling them on how to gain economic benefits and protections for their new products or ideas in mechanical and diverse related technologies. Whether negotiating effective intellectual property agreements and licenses, diligently pursuing patent protections, providing freedom-to-operate opinions, counseling on trade secret issues, or preparing intellectual property audits, he delivers practical and valuable solutions. Awarded a Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rating™ for his abilities, he remains in the forefront of developing new technologies, leading the Firm in its Cleantech and Renewables practice, and working on his own inventions in the biomass field outside the office.
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recent client work
- Successfully tackled a large manufacturing client's numerous IP issues to clear the launch of a new generation product, directing a Marshall, Gerstein & Borun team with diverse backgrounds in several technologies and legal specialties. The work involved updating patent application protection, freedom-to-operate searching and opinions, licensing negotiation strategy and counseling, responding to IP-type concerns of prospective customers, and related foreign clearance searching and IP protection.
- For more than 15 years, Mr. Hoffman has been effectively prosecuting a large, ongoing series of U.S. patent applications spanning multiple technologies for a foreign-based manufacturer of beverage bottling machinery. This long-term relationship has demanded an intimate, evolving knowledge of the client’s industry/technology and the need to continually apprise the client of changes in U.S. IP law and industry developments.
- Handles a diverse series of ongoing IP-related inquiries from several insurance companies on licensing matters, business method patents, freedom-to-operate questions, and confidential disclosure or employment – related issues.
