Knobbe Martens

Knobbe Martens is a national IP firm with several office on the West Coast, including Irvine, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, as well as other locations in Washington, DC and New York. The firm maintains a number of national practice area rankings, some including patent and trademark prosecution, patent and trademark litigation, life sciences IP, and PTAB litigation.

2023

"We appreciate that they are always available, and always positive and proactive with us."

2022 client testimonials

"We worked with the firm on complicated multi-party patent licences."

"Very responsive and willing to work with us to meet our specific needs. The firm has a strong reputation."

"We value the firm's depth and quality and our long-term relationship."

"They are smart, experienced, well prepared and thorough."

"They are smart, experienced, well prepared and thorough."

The firm is active in a novel patent dispute for Personal Genome Diagnostics against Guardant Health in the District of Delaware. The matter involves patent infringement claims related to liquid biopsy technology and is being closely watched as a dispute between two leading companies in the emerging technology area.

In another matter, the firm represented software client SecureAuth in a Federal Circuit appeal brought by StrikeForce, resulting in an affirmation in favor of the client.

Additional patent clients of the firm include Personal Genome Diagnostics, Edwards Lifesciences, Fisher & Paykel and Illumina.

In 2021, the firm was shortlisted for a Managing IP Award for Patent Prosecution in the West.