Business & Information

Sixty years ago, when three-quarters of our meals were eaten at home, who would have predicted that fast-food restaurants would sell millions of burgers a day through drive-thru windows? Even 15 years ago, who would have predicted that on-line music downloading would shift the wealth and the power from the music giants to the computer and telecommunication industries? Business methods and information technologies have the potential to change the way we live and work; their tremendous potential can be harnessed with patent protection.

Knowledgeable Business Advisors

Savvy innovators are beginning to understand that a few, well-positioned business method patents can greatly increase the value of their intellectual property portfolio. Harness Dickey, a leader in business method patents, works with these innovators using our unique expertise to obtain, license and enforce this asset. Our lawyers literally wrote the book on business-method patents. We take each client through the drafting and application process, which includes a rigorous, two-level examination before the U.S. Patent Office.