Honigman is a leading business law firm based in Michigan with an international practice. Headquartered in Detroit with offices in Lansing, Oakland County, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, the firm has attorneys practicing in more than 50 different areas of concentration. Honigman's highly-credentialed attorneys and staff, along with its customer-service focus, provide clients in a wide variety of industries timely and cost-effective counsel.

Honigman's Intellectual Property Practice Group encompasses a wide variety of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law, including search, registration, enforcement, anti-counterfeiting, litigation and a wide variety of transactional work involving intellectual property rights. Our intellectual property expertise also includes: structuring and negotiating licenses, research and development collaborations, and other technology transactions; performing extensive product clearance reviews (both patentability and freedom-to-operate); leading intellectual property due diligence related to licensing and acquisitions; and protecting and defending intellectual property rights. We assist foreign clients in extending protection for intellectual property rights developed in their home countries to the US market, and US clients in securing US and global protection of intellectual property rights.

Many of our patent attorneys and patent agents have advanced degrees in molecular biology, chemistry or biophysics. This internal knowledge allows us to handle a broad range of matters such as mechanical and electrical engineering, molecular and plant biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, materials science, computer science, and mathematics.

Our clients are representative of many different industries, including automotive (OEM and suppliers), retailing, publishing (newspapers, books, magazines, multi-media), pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical services, medical devices, gaming and hospitality, e-commerce, food and beverage, restaurant, advertising, insurance, software, electronics, consumer products, fashion, banking, transportation, telecommunications and real estate. We are committed to providing world-class quality, timely, cost-effective, value-added services to our clients, to being responsive to their needs, and to keeping abreast of legal and technological developments for the benefit of our clients.