Iptl

IPTL was founded on April 1, 1992 by Steven J. Hultquist. Prior to founding IPTL, Mr. Hultquist was a partner of Harlow, Hultquist, Evans & London, P.A. and "Of Counsel" in intellectual property matters to its predecessor firm, Harlow, Reilly, Derr & Stark, P.A. IPTL began operations in Research Triangle Park at 100 Park Drive, and three years late... r moved to larger offices at 200 Park Drive. In June 1997 the firm moved to offices on Quadrangle Drive in Chapel Hill, and in 2002 the firm moved to its present offices at The Exchange at Meadowmont in Chapel Hill. From its inception, IPTL has represented clients in intellectual property matters in a wide variety of technologies, including chemical, biological, electronic, solid-state, mechanical and information technologies. In addition to its primary focus on securing intellectual property rights involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names, the firm has been regularly involved in intellectual property-related transactional work and in providing counsel and expert witness services in contested matters. IPTL's transactional work has been widely varied including many types of transactions: technology transfer, purchase, sale and leases of proprietary equipment, due diligence incident to acquisitions, product/process clearance, agreements related to joint ventures and other collaborations, infringement matters, misappropriation of technology and corporate opportunity, brokering of technology, assessments of proprietary rights incident to initial public offerings, private placements and venture capital funding, determinations of inventorship, and implementation of systems for the administration and management of intellectual property. In contested matters, the firm has acted as local counsel and associated counsel in state and federal court proceedings, and has also provided expert witness testimony in patent validity matters. The firm has been involved in interference, reissue and reexamination proceedings, has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals ...Read More