April focuses her practice in intellectual property and life science. She uses cross-functional knowledge and experience to build a thorough understanding of the company's business, employees, products, customers and competitors to provide strategic guidance. April works in new subject matter areas on a daily basis, assimilates information quickly and develops a deep understanding in those areas.
April’s extensive patent protection experience includes working with inventors to identify patentable inventions, drafting patent applications, prosecuting patents and providing freedom to operate analyses. Her trademark protection experience includes assisting clients with trademark filing and prosecution, as well as ensuring proper trademark usage on product marketing materials. April also has experience assisting clients with intellectual property matters related to licenses, assignments, strategic alliances, acquisitions and joint ventures. Additionally, April draws upon her broad experience with each aspect of the litigation lifecycle (from filing and discovery to jury trial or settlements) for litigation relating to trademark, copyright and patents, to serve as a trusted advisor.