Energy

Fish's technology-savvy IP and corporate attorneys help clients large and small in the energy industry secure leadership positions in the global marketplace by protecting and exploiting their advanced technologies.

Many of our attorneys worked within the energy services industries prior to their legal careers and understand the challenges that clients in this industry face, including protection of technological advantages and effective leveraging of that protection in support of business objectives.

We work for some of the world's largest petroleum, oil, and gas exploration and oil field services companies in the United States and abroad.

For the smaller companies among our clients, we also sit on patent boards and technology committees and assist in plotting the companies' long-term portfolio strategies. In these instances, we often serve as in-house patent professionals.

Our energy technology experience includes the following:

• Oil and gas field services
• Refinement
• Seismic and imaging systems
• Drilling systems and processes, including surface data aggregation and processing
• Casing and cementing
• Directional drilling systems, including rotary steering and friction control tools
• Alternative energy production, refinement, and services/cleantech

We assist industry clients with the following:

• Litigation
• Patent portfolio strategy and planning
• Application preparation and prosecution
• Risk analysis
• Reexaminations
• Validity and non-infringement opinions
• IP-related due diligence and valuation in merger, acquisition, disposition, and licensing transactions

News

• Fish wins the Gold Award for the “United States of America’s Best Law Firm 2009: Intellectual Property Practice"
• Fish Wins National Award For Most Innovative Use of Technology
• Fish's Reversal of $1.5 Billion Verdict Against Microsoft Named to "Top 10 Litigation Wins of 2008" by IP Law & Business
• Fish Wins MIP 2008 North American Awards
• Fish Named a Top 50 Legal Marketing Team