Firm Profile
Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. is a full-service intellectual property firm that has achieved an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and we are listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Our areas of practice include litigation, arbitration, mediation, negotiation, appellate work, application preparation and prosecution, and consulting with corporations on intellectual property programs and valuation enhancement.
We have represented clients in cases involving hundreds of millions of dollars in potential exposure, drafted and prosecuted patents that were licensed for very large sums, and designed intellectual property programs for clients needing to organize and value their intellectual capital. We have represented authors in their copyright matters and conducted intellectual property audits in mergers and other transactions, and we are also involved in bankruptcy proceedings and estates involving intellectual property matters. In some cases, we have worked to attach intellectual property assets of foreign companies to enforce US judgments.
The firm's attorneys have extensive experience in a variety of technical areas, including: drilling technologies, deep water oil and gas production, geophysics, marine vessel hulls, floating production platforms, seismic signal processing, semiconductor manufacturing, microprocessors, tire manufacturing, medical devices, internal combustion engines, fuel injectors, signal processing, fly-by-wire systems, software and communication protocols, optics, lasers, fiber-optics, night vision optics, flat panel displays, recording systems and connectors, database structures, metallurgy, foundry technology, refractory chemistry, water purification, complex mechanical systems, paper products, thermodynamics, hydraulics, injection molding, charge-coupled devices, global positioning and other navigation systems.
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The principal office of the firm is in Houston, Texas.
On the issue of using external counsel. This firm is happy to assist in-house counsel in intellectual property and business matters, and/or provide litigation or settlement support to retained outside counsel. In this way, the client may gain access to this firm's insights and expertise, while maintaining full control with their already-established counsel. This is particularly useful in securing expertise for high technology, oil- and computing-industry matters.
For Texas Lawyers and Firms who do business law or have a number of commercial clients, this firm is happy to provide intellectual property support on an of-counsel or associated counsel basis. In such situations, at all times you or your firm retains supervision of all legal matters for your client and your client remains with you or your firm. In this way, you can provide a broader spectrum of service to your commercial clients while at the same time assuring them a greater level of integrated approach. Typical client situations include: obtaining trademarks, dealing with initial accusations of infringement, evaluation of website and development of website compliance.