Q: Can you recommend an attorney who can manage the patent process and the marketing management of the patent to sell it?
We have an European patent and would like to sell it in the amercian market. We need a trusted lawyer to advise us on the steps to be taken and in legal proceedings in the USA. Thanks in advance.
A:
Due to international law, a European patent provides no enforceable right in the United States. To obtain patent protection for a product sold in the United States requires a patent issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The best recommendations usually come from people you already work with and trust. My suggestion would be to ask your European patent attorney for American colleagues that they would trust to help you. They are likely to give you a strong recommendation, because their reputation in your eyes is at stake.
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