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Your brand and employee inventions are your organization’s competitive advantage.

Safeguard your trade secrets, trademarks, and creative assets by partnering with Hovey Williams to navigate complex patent laws, secure trademarks, and enforce copyrights.

Augment your agility with the experience and expertise of Hovey Williams.

Even the most nimble start-ups are at risk of failure without the support of a long-established team of legal experts protecting their intellectual property, domain names, innovations and assets.

The world needs your ideas. We help you keep them safe.

Patents provide businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors with a means to protect a new product, process, device, design, or formula.

Leave the legal proceedings to Hovey Williams and protect your inventions from theft, duplication or litigation with a partner you can trust.

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We have earned a global reputation as a go-to law firm that other firms turn to for help with complex intellectual property issues.

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Our Blog

FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Blocked Nationwide
August 23, 2024

by Jaclyn Alcantara The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule banning most non-compete agreements between employers and employees was blocked…

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Supreme Court Rejects “TRUMP TOO SMALL” Trademark
June 19, 2024

In a unanimous decision in Vidal v. Elster, 22-704, 06-13-2024, ___ U.S. ___, 2024 WL 1234567 (U.S. June 13, 2024),…

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New Court Precedent makes Design Patents Harder to Obtain, Easier to Challenge
May 23, 2024

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) overruled the Rosen-Durling test, long used to assess…

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News

Hovey Williams 3rd Annual IP Bootcamp set for October 18th
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Hovey Williams LLP is proud to have 11 Partners recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® including two “Lawyer of the Year” awards
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Hovey Williams LLP Elects New Partner
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Recognitions

  • Best Lawyers in America®
  • IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2024
  • Superlawyers®
  • Missouri Lawyers Media Top 100 Power List
  • AIPF Association Intellectual Property Firms®

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