Profitable and responsible operation in today's litigation-prone environment is one of the greatest challenges facing business. Our lawyers understand and advise clients in assessing the costs and benefits of litigation and the prospects of settlement of business disputes. Getting the best possible results for our clients at a reasonable cost is our prime consideration. Our attorneys pursue cost-effective legal solutions that meet our client's business objectives, through litigation, mediation, arbitration, or other alternative dispute resolution techniques.

Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid attorneys have experience in preparing and presenting matters for both plaintiffs and defendants before state and federal trial courts, administrative agencies, in arbitration proceedings, and in patent matters before the United States International Trade Commission ("ITC"), foreign patent courts, and on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Our experience includes all phases of litigation, including prelitigation investigations and negotiations, discovery, deposing and defending witnesses, writing pre-trial and post-trial briefs, preparing expert reports, and preparing and conducting direct and cross-examinations of experts and other witnesses at trials and hearings and preparing for and participating in mediation and arbitration proceedings. Our litigation attorneys handle matters spanning a broad spectrum of specialties, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, antitrust and unfair competition, commercial contracts, trade secrets, business disputes, and professional negligence.

Any person who “invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter,
or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent." - United States Patent & Trademark Office
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