Acker Wood Intellectual Property Law, LLC, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a full-service intellectual property law firm providing patent, trademark and copyright services to sole inventors, start-up companies, small and large businesses, and universities. Acker Wood IP Law provides clients with high-quality, comprehensive, affordable intellectual property legal services, which include the following: U.S. and foreign patent application preparation and prosecution in the following technical areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, medical devices, chemistry and mechanical arts, patent litigation, patentability searches, patentability/infringement/freedom-to-operate opinions, trademark searches/registration and copyright registration.
Gwen R. Acker Wood, Ph.D., J.D., President of the firm, has wide-ranging experience in procuring, protecting and maximizing commercial value of all forms of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, both in the United States and internationally. Dr. Gwen R. Acker Wood is a registered patent lawyer with over 17 years of experience and admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of Ohio and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.