MPG provides legal services in the following areas:

• Counseling in all areas of intellectual property protection
• Patent preparation and prosecution in the US and abroad, including utility and design patents
• Infringement and Validity Opinions
• Due Diligence
• Trademark search, clearance, and registration
• Copyright registration
• Software and technology licensing, development, and related agreements
• Patent and trademark risk evaluation, patent monitoring, and pre-litigation claim evaluation
• Patent acquisition, sale or licensing

MPG’s attorneys have technical education and experience in many different areas. 
Some exemplary areas of expertise include:

• Database engines, queries, indexing, and allied technology
• Search engine indexing, query processing, and data store organization
• Network routing protocols
• Network management under SNMP and related protocols
• Authentication, authorization and accounting
• Cryptography
• Processor design
• Server design
• E-mail transport, filtering, and threat detection
• Semiconductor chip architecture
• Computer system architecture
• Object-oriented programming and development environments
• Video image processing
• Digital video recorders
• Motion picture image processing and CG character generation
• GPS and navigational device
• Electronic commerce
• Data recording systems
• Multimedia systems
• Navigational technologies
• Printing technologies
• Image processing integrated circuit design and fabrication
• Software-implemented business methods
• Telephony technologies
• Wired and wireless telecommunications
• Programmable Logic devices
• Robotics
• Semiconductor processing tools