Walker & Jocke Emphasizes Intellectual Property Law

• This includes the generation of revenue for clients through the protection and management of innovation and creativity

• Procuring patents on technical and business innovations

• Developing and protecting trademarks and brand images

• Protecting copyrights and creative content

• Technology contracts and licenses related to software, trade secrets, and other technologies

• Structuring and negotiating arrangements for the development of new products and systems

• Negotiating and structuring outsourced information technology and other service provider agreements

• Analysis and infringement avoidance for new products and programs

• Structuring international intellectual property protection through associated firms in more than 70 countries

• Avoiding unfair competition claims

• Avoiding loss of proprietary rights due to participation in standards setting activities

• Managing intellectual property portfolios and strategic cost reductions

• Litigation of intellectual property disputes

• Walker & Jocke was established in 1993. We currently have six attorneys and a patent agent.

• Walker & Jocke delivers practical legal solutions at competitive prices.

• Walker & Jocke is a small business enterprise with female majority ownership.

• Walker & Jocke represents a wide range of clients from large manufacturing companies, internationally recognized service firms, governmental agencies, universities, and technology startup companies.

Examples of Walker & Jocke Accomplishments

• We have been repeatedly recognized as one of the top patent and trademark firms in the country by Intellectual Property Today.

• Our attorneys have been recognized as Ohio Super Lawyers.

• Our lawyers have served as officers of national and state intellectual property associations, including the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations and the Ohio State Bar Association.

• One of our lawyers chaired the committee that drafted Ohio's current trade secrets statute.

• We prepared the patents that cover the seals that connect the modules on the International Space Station, as well as the current design for the solid rocket booster joints that are currently used on the Space Shuttle.

• We wrote the patents that cover the software security features that are the industry standard for protecting customer data input to automated teller machines.

• One of our lawyers is a recognized international authority on the patenting of software and business methods.

• We are recognized as a leader in the patenting of repair parts, service methods, and diagnostic systems to preserve follow-on revenue for original equipment manufacturers.

• We have authored numerous articles in legal, technical and business publications.

• We are attorneys who are licensed as professional engineers by the State of Ohio.

• Our lawyers are licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Ohio Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, as well as other federal and state courts.

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