Food, Beverage & Nutrition

Food, Beverage & Nutrition

McAndrews delivers a full portfolio of intellectual property and technology law services to leading food and beverage corporations and innovative midsized companies and startups in the field. We create customized IP-protection strategies, often utilizing a combination of trademarks, design and utility patents, trade secrets, and copyrights.

We also play pivotal roles in advising our clients with FTO and clearance opinions. In addition, we provide licensing and IP transaction support in order to maximize value and mitigate risks.

McAndrews has an exceptional record of enforcing and defending our clients’ rights in both U.S. and international courts. Of course, litigation makes sense only when all other options have been exhausted, and our elite teams are adept at helping our clients ensure that all alternate avenues are explored thoroughly. But if litigation becomes necessary, the McAndrews team is ready and committed to delivering optimal outcomes.

To help avoid future litigation, we create custom client programs for innovation evaluation and protection (both domestic and international). We also train client innovators and R&D teams so that they are cohesive and aligned with regard to IP-protection strategies and tactics, and we have helped companies develop processes for monitoring competitor products and patents.

We bring a business-savvy perspective to every engagement. We understand the speed and strategic demands of the industry, and our attorneys therefore immerse themselves in our clients’ business objectives and strategies. We never lose sight of the broader business picture.

Above all, our teams bring a relationship-focused rather than transactional approach to their work. This, combined with our unique business model and manner of practice, helps bring to bear exceptional representation at rates and alternative fee structures that provide great value to our clients.