Woodcock Washburn counsels clients in the financial services industry on protecting their intellectual property, including business methods, computer programs, and trademarks. "Financial services" encompass all industries related to the movement, protection, and investment of finances and assets. Our attorneys' experience extends to banking, insurance, investment, credit, and other fields.
The firm helps clients build intellectual property portfolios that match their business strategies. We prosecute and prepare patent applications in areas such as insurance claims processing, online banking, automated real-time claim processing, real-time insurance quotes, and automated customer service technologies.
Woodcock Washburn attorneys also provide a wide variety of trademark services to banking and insurance clients with respect to financial products and risk management services as well as corporate and consumer property, casualty, accident and health insurance.
Woodcock Washburn also litigates intellectual property disputes involving a wide variety of financial services. Representative cases include:
- Clark Capital Management Group v. Summit Bank
- Clark Capital Management Group v. Annuity Investor Insurance Company
Our attorneys frequently write and speak about intellectual property matters. For instance, an attorney at the firm, Vincent J. Roccia, recently wrote an article entitled "Patents in the Financial Services Industry" that was published in Intellectual Property Today.
