Burdick Law Firm  “protecting creations and creating protections”   An Intellectual Property Law Firm, virtual since 1994

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Intellectual Property Law - Tech Law - Net Law - Computer Law - Patents - Trademarks - Copyrights - Trade Secrets - Domain Name Disputes - Infringement Litigation - Start-Ups Corporate IP Work - Franchising - Software Protection -  Licensing - Auditing IP Department - Valuations - Surveys - Mergers - Acquisitions - Joint Ventures - Research Agreements - Consulting Agreements -

 

 

For the inventor or company interested in making money on its inventions:

bulletExpert guidance on whether an invention, brand name, work of art, or idea is patentable or copyrightable.
bulletExpert advice on what type of intellectual property protection you need in view of your budget, time table, stage of development, marketing plans, and level of sophistication.
bulletExpert and efficient legal services to get a patent, trademark, domain name, license, franchise, website protection or copyright, 
bulletExpert lectures to your group on the basics of patent law, copyright law, trademark law, with emphasis on the safe ways of obtaining funding for independent inventors and start-up businesses. 

For the corporate attorney handling corporate intellectual property assets:

bulletExpertise in litigation, having litigated trademarks worldwide in 40 countries simultaneously and for 25 years with hundreds of litigations, with over a 95% win rate. 
bulletMr. Burdick has established and trained 5 intellectual property law departments (Nashua Corp., Winchester Group, Olin Trademark, Burdick Law Firm, and Herzog Crebs & McGhee) and trained numerous other patent lawyers both corporate and private;
bulletExperience over 30 years in obtaining patents on all sorts of technologies from rockets sciences like ion propulsion engines, monopropellant hydrazine rocket thrusters, magnetohydrodynamics and arcjet thrusters (Rocket Research Company, Redmond, WA) to shaped explosive charge anti-tank ammunition, caseless ordnance, high power electrical switches, and  high intensity microwave "ray guns" for satellites (Physics International, San Leandro, CA) to airplane computer diagnostic equipment (Pacific Electro Dynamics of Redmond, WA) to advance motorized mortars, tank armor penetrating ammunition, tank ammunition, anti-tank ammunition and gunpowder manufacturing processes (Olin Ordnance, St. Petersburg, FL) to electrolytic cells and pool chlorine dispensers (Olin HTH Pulsar, Stamford, CT) to state of the art brass alloys (Olin Metal Research Lab, New Haven, CT), to all sorts of computer related invention, truck accessories, engine parts, medical devices, etc.
bulletExperience for 20+ years in writing manuals on Trade Secrets, Correct Trademark Usage, Patent Strategy, Government Data Rights, Secrecy Markings, Unsolicited Idea Handling, Patent Insurance, Copyright Practice, Intellectual Property Valuation, Licensing, and Joint Venturing.
bulletExperience managing several different corporate patent departments and functions on both divisional and corporate levels.
bullet Experience lecturing and advising on patent department organization, training and management.

For the attorney seeking Litigation Counsel:

bulletExperience and high level ability in arguing cases before both the Board of Patent Appeals and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and  patent and patent and trademark litigation in three US District Courts and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
bulletExperience mediating and arbitrating legal disputes.  Mr Burdick is the first of only 2 lawyers in the St. Louis area trained by the World Intellectual Property Organization in arbitration and mediation.

Technology Capabilities:

bulletOur firm is computer literate, having experience with C++, Visual Basic, XML, HTML, SHTML, ASP.NET, Internet technology, website creation, Microsoft Office 2000, 2003 and 2007 and Windows XP and Vista, as well as numerous intellectual property software programs.
bulletMr. Burdick has been Webmaster for six Internet websites; including this one (Burdpix ---1062 ---Hoedowners ---Burdlaw ---I3 ---Conf );
bulletOur firm uses the latest in computer equipment e-mail, scanning, digital imaging, etc. to reduce costs; and
bulletOur firm makes extensive use of electronic forms and legal software to minimize preparation times and reduce clerical errors in documents and forms.

 

Our Founder, webmaster, and managing attorney:

 Bruce E. Burdick