Strategically positioned to advise financial sector businesses.

After years of turbulent change and a constantly shifting economy, the financial, business, and FinTech services sector faces an uncertain future. Competition, diversification, specialization, and the need for scale are stimulating merger and acquisitions activities. Increased cybersecurity threats are also driving changes, requiring experienced legal backing. Fish & Richardson assists with securities offerings, venture capital financing, licensing, and intellectual property due diligence, all of which are core priorities in this sector.

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Our IP attorneys are dedicated to protecting and growing our clients’ financial, business, and FinTech IP.

Fish represents many of the most innovative and successful organizations around the globe, including many of the largest banks, insurance companies, and investment firms in the U.S. These companies trust us with assets essential to their livelihood — their intellectual property.

We offer strategic counseling services to avert pitfalls, avoid and diffuse litigation, capitalize on intangible assets, and maximize return on investment in their intellectual property.

The depth and breadth of our experience qualify us to determine the best strategies to achieve our clients’ business goals.

Our IP-focused law firm effectively partners with financial services clients on litigation, post-grant proceedings, patent prosecution, and strategic patent portfolio counseling. We also assist with other IP licensing, regulatory, trademark, and copyright matters to help maximize the value of our clients IP assets and protect their freedom to innovate, compete, and prosper.

The complete integration of our unparalleled patent prosecution, post-grant, and litigation practices makes Fish especially well-suited to handle all patent-related matters for financial and business services companies. This approach enables us to pursue multiple legal strategies in tandem to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.

We identify and protect all growing companies’ financial services IP.

As a seasoned IP law firm, Fish provides ample resources to a wide range of businesses in this sector. Just as FinTech companies seek to protect users by providing informed technological safeguards for finances and investments, Fish seeks to protect FinTech intellectual property with a backing fueled by decades of knowledge in the industry.

Our experience in FinTech and financial and business sectors include IP counsel and representation for:

E-commerce and mobile technologies
Enterprise management systems
Financial information media displays
Financial systems and financial analysis software
Payment processing systems
Pricing threshold determinations
Financial products (e.g., exchange-traded funds and proprietary indices)
Securities trading
Shared/enterprise services

We have a history of success in the financial, business, and FinTech sector.

With hundreds of IP attorneys, we have an unparalleled track record in forming all-star teams who understand our clients’ industries and technologies. Our collaborative, one-firm concept positions us to handle complex matters on multiple fronts, including:

Financial products, services, and systems
Customer service technologies
Information security technologies
Computer hardware, software, and engineering

Fish has top-rated intellectual property, litigation, and regulatory practices to help our clients maximize the value of their IP. Because of our team's depth, breadth, and variety of technological and legal experience, we are immediately familiar with virtually any technology.

Bank on our financial technology IP prowess.

Fish & Richardson has a wealth of knowledge and resources surrounding financial and business services intellectual property. Our lawyers partner with our clients to get a clear understanding of their needs, working together as a team to ensure the security and long-term success of their valuable assets.