Richard G. Eldredge

Practice

Areas of focus

• ◆Complex utility patent prosecution, including multi-application patent-family strategy
• ◆Trade-secret protection program design, NDAs, employee separation protocols, and DTSA and Texas UTSA misappropriation litigation
• ◆IP-holding entity formation, licensing structures, and USPTO-recordable assignments
• ◆Copyright registration and enforcement, including DMCA practice and federal infringement litigation
• ◆IP litigation strategy, claim-construction work, and trial preparation

Experience

In the work

• ◆Thirty-plus years of continuous intellectual-property practice in Texas
• ◆Lead counsel on patents across mechanical, electrical, and consumer-product technologies, resulting in thousands of issued claims over the career
• ◆Litigation experience in Texas federal courts on patent and trademark infringement matters
• ◆IP-related business formations for closely-held Texas businesses, including holding-entity structures that have survived multiple acquisition diligence reviews

Representative Matters

Of record

Philosophy

On the practice

Patents are won at the drafting stage. Every later step of prosecution and every later step of litigation is constrained by the words chosen on the first day. Spending the time at the front of the matter pays back many times over throughout the life of the asset.

· Richard G. Eldredge