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Innovation. Creativity. Entrepreneurship. Silicon Valley represents the very heart of the global technology revolution—and Dentons' Silicon Valley office has developed an industry-leading reputation for the kind of creative solutions that technology firms and their customers, investors and funders require for success.

The lawyers and professionals in our Silicon Valley office have extensive experience addressing the business and legal issues common to the tech sector, including patent prosecution and counseling, IP litigation (patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret), venture capital funding, business formation, corporate governance, and employment and labor law. To help employers recruit and retain the best and brightest employees from anywhere in the world, our immigration lawyers prepare and advise on compliance with immigration laws and regulations, prepare visa petitions and assist with I-9 audits and workplace visits, including global labor mobility, and more.

By working in coordination with colleagues in Dentons’ Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, Orange County, and San Francisco offices, across the US and around the world, we are able to provide you with the high-quality legal services you need, no matter how complex or time-sensitive, in California and beyond.

Whether you are a top technology company or individual entrepreneur, a venture capital fund or angel investor group, our Silicon Valley team can help you chart and navigate the right path to meet your needs and achieve your goals.

Highlights

Our experienced Silicon Valley lawyers and professionals have been recognized by leading legal organizations, directories and publications. Our team’s notable awards include:

• IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Professionals - Recognized as a leading firm in the US for California in Prosecution as recommended and recognized in 2021 and 2020; Individual rankings:
  • Kevin Greenleaf - National: post-grant proceedings, California: prosecution, 2021 and 2020
  • Christopher Eide - Prosecution, 2021 and 2020

Recognition

Dentons ranked #1 patent prosecution firm in the US

February 3, 2017

Juristat ranked Dentons number one on its 2017 list of the top 100 patent prosecution law firms, a jump from 16th place last year. Juristat, which analyzes and reports on the US patent system, based its rankings on four criteria: number of applications filed, allowance rate, time to allowance and average number of office actions before allowance.

Dentons Joins Fearsome Foursome

September 20, 2016

Dentons has earned top honors in seven categories and has been selected as a member of an exclusive group of just four law firms in the most recent survey on litigation trends by BTI Consulting. For the first time, Dentons has been included among the "Fearsome Foursome," an honor bestowed upon four elite law firms for their intense approach and fierce tactics in today’s competitive legal market.

Dentons among the most active law firms in PTAB filings during first half of 2015

August 3, 2015

Dentons was listed among the top 15 most active law firms for Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) petitions filed in the first half of 2015 by Managing IP.

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Insights

CLE Seminar for In-House Counsel Webinar Series

June 24, 2020

Los Angeles Partner Bety Javidzad was joined by join Chicago Senior Managing Associate Shannon Shin and Michelle Jackson, Senior Counsel, Regulatory at Abbott Laboratories, to discuss Addressing Racial Gender Bias In the Legal Profession.

Vereins and Virtues: Serving Clients In Local Communities and Around the World

March 4, 2020

Referring to a law firm, accounting firm, or other organization as a “verein” doesn’t tell you much by itself.  It’s like characterizing an organization as “tax exempt.”  While that describes a particular organizational structure, the definition ignores every other aspect of the organization’s mission, purpose, and culture.  

Compliance Group newsletter – Up to Dentons August 2019

August 20, 2019

Welcome to Up to Dentons, our global compliance group’s monthly newsletter recapping recent trending topics in compliance.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons continues rapid expansion of US Venture Technology group in Northern California with addition of Angela Bernardi

September 13, 2021

United States: Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today the addition of Angela Bernardi to its Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies (VTG) practice as partner in Northern California. Resident in the Silicon Valley office, Bernardi joins Dentons from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Combination of Dentons US, Bingham Greenebaum and Cohen & Grigsby is the first step toward creating a truly national United States law firm

Released: October 7, 2019; updated: April 12, 2023

Dentons US, Bingham Greenebaum and Cohen & Grigsby announce a proposed combination and a new partnership that will enable the firms to build a new national law firm capable of serving clients from coast to coast as well as around the world. This combination represents the first step in forming a truly national United States law firm.

Dentons lands intellectual property stars on the West Coast

July 27, 2017

Dentons, the global law firm, has added three patent partners to its award-winning Intellectual Property and Technology practice. Peter Yim and Brian Ho have joined the Firm's San Francisco office and Christopher Eide joined the Silicon Valley office. Also joining are 16 associates and patent agents/analysts in five offices across the US.

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