We are a boutique Washington, D.C. law firm focused on using our collective depth of experience to provide specialized intellectual property representation and counsel as well as strategic insights into global issues in intellectual property law to a wide range of clients, including multinational Fortune 500 companies, global investors, privately held U.S. and non-U.S. companies, research and academic institutions, technology-based startups, and individual inventors.

Strain PLLC offers a unique Washington perspective on legal issues based on extensive firsthand experience with federal agencies, federal courts, and major international law firm practice. We are located in the heart of Washington, D.C., with easy access to the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

We have particular expertise in advising Technology Startups regarding strategy, partnerships, best practices, and often serve as virtual in-house counsel.

Strain PLLC's attorneys have highly specialized legal experience and have worked within the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Department of Justice, and in leadership roles within top-tier international law firms, and, as a direct result, have tremendous access to the administrative, judicial, legislative, and executive activities that shape law and industry. We closely monitor proceedings before specialized adjudicative bodies and engage with policymakers and industry leaders to provide our clients with real-time information and analysis on legal proceedings and policy matters as they develop. Strain PLLC strives to provide strategic information, insights, and advice regarding, inter alia, pending patent-related and health care reform legislation, new administrative developments at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the Department of Health and Human Services, and cutting edge legal issues pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Strain PLLC has access to proprietary data analytics capabilities that allow us to provide insight and analysis not available from other firms. We also have the capability to create data mining and data analytics programs to meet clients' specific needs.

Because our specialized experience is concentrated in a small, elite team, we can efficiently provide tremendous value to our clients, avoid conflicts in most instances, and offer substantial flexibility in structuring fee arrangements to suit a client's particular needs, clearly linking fees to value generated and/or preserved.

Strain PLLC's IP services focus on the generation and preservation of value for clients and include, inter alia:

• procuring patents and managing, evaluating, and enforcing patent portfolios;

• representing and advising clients in high stakes administrative and judicial proceedings;

• advising Technology Startups in creating effective, holistic IP strategies;

• representing clients with respect to licensing, collaboration, technology transfer, and similar types of agreements;

• advising interested parties on strategic opportunities arising from specific patent proceedings in federal courts, before federal agencies (including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. International Trade Commission), and before foreign agencies and tribunals;

• monitoring and advising entities on the current status of and opportunities to shape legislation pending before Congress and substantive rulemaking efforts by governmental agencies; and

• Collaborating with other firms to maximize our collective expertise and provide maximum client value.

More detailed information on our specialized practice areas can be found here.

At Strain PLLC, we focus on these practices not only because we have extensive experience and specialized knowledge in these areas, but because it is the kind of work we enjoy doing, and we consider ourselves particularly fortunate to be able to do that work with great clients.

We look forward to hearing from you – please contact our office at 202-621-1872 or email us at info@strainpllc.com.