Company Profile
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/TECHNOLOGY LAW
Company Overview
Full service intellectual property law firm with worldwide clients, engaged in all technologies. Diverse patent and trademark practice, involving chemical, mechanical, electrical, biological, information, materials and communication technologies. The firm has experience and expertise in contested proceedings, technology transfer, due diligence investigations, opinions (validity, infringement, patentability, etc.) and IP-related transactional work. We have a solid and collegial group of professionals who cooperatively team to advance the interests of our clients.
Company History
Firm established in 1992. Founder has over 30 years IP experience, and other attorneys of the firm have extensive private practice backgrounds including patent litigation, as well as in-house chief patent counsel experience (Loctite Corporation, Witco Chemicals, Nanostream Corporation). The firm occupies 4500 square feet of office space in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is dedicated to consistent growth matching the ongoing expansion of its client base.
Notable Clients
see www.iptl.com
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
See biographies of attorneys at www.iptl.com. Mr. Hultquist was an Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University from 1995 to 1997, and has been the Intellectual Property author for the North Carolina General Practice Deskbook, published by the North Carolina Bar Foundation, since 1996. His chapter on Intellectual Property in the 1997 North Carolina General Practice Deskbook was recognized by a "Project of the Year" award by the American Bar Association, presented at the American Bar Association's 1999 Annual Meeting. He is listed in "Who's Who in American Law," and is a frequent speaker for Continuing Legal Education programs, as well as having published in the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, Genetic Engineering News, Nature Biotechnology, and other journals and publications. His publications include “Patenting bioinformatics inventions: Emerging trends in the United States ,” Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 20 (July 2002), pp. 743-744, and “Reach-Through Royalties: The Scope of Research Tool Patents,” Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, Vol. 86, No. 4, April 2004. Mr. Hultquist is a co-inventor on various U.S. patents. In October, 2004, Mr. Hultquist was a principal speaker at “Jumpstarting Business Relationships with the Western Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry,” at the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Pushchino , Russia , where he presented eight hours of lectures on securing rights in intellectual property and licensing of patents and technology. This program, funded by the Nuclear Threat Initiative and coordinated by the Center for Strategic International Studies (Washington , DC), was presented to bioweapons scientists of the former Soviet Union , as part of ongoing efforts to redirect their expertise to commercial biotechnology and anti-terrorism applications. Mr. Hultquist's reported cases include Guinn v. Kopf, 96 F.3d 1419 (CAFC 1996).
Benefits
Health insurance provided by major underwriter. Firm pays employee health insurance premium; individuals may add family members with additional premium as payroll deduction. $25,000 life and dismemberment insurance paid by firm. 401K plan participation available after one year of employment. Corporate Membership in UNC Wellness/Fitness Center across the street from firm offices - membership enrollment fee and one-half of monthly dues are paid by the firm. Incentive-based compensation structure.