Alternative Energy

Merchant & Gould's Alternative Energy Practice provides a wide array of services relating to alternative energies, including emerging green and clean technologies, such as solar and wind power technologies. The services include IP prosecution, counseling, licensing and litigation. We service clients of all sizes - from start-up companies and individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies, nationwide and around the world.

The representative technologies our professionals have worked on include: solar photo voltaics; thin films; solar thermal; smart grid; wind turbines; biofuels, energy efficiency for the IT industry and battery technologies. 

As one of the largest IP law firms in the United States and one of only a few that devote themselves solely to intellectual property, Merchant & Gould is able to handle all of the legal IP issues faced by companies or individuals that focus or participate in developing alternative energy technologies. Our technological and cross-functional legal expertise enables us to counsel clients in all stages of business development.

Specific issues our lawyers can assist you with include:

• Patent and Trademark Protection
• Patent and Trademark Litigation
• Truth in Advertising and False Advertising Issues
• Licensing
• IP counseling

The undeniable demands on our planet's limited natural resources and the effects of climate change will cause companies and entrepreneurs to develop alternative technologies to solve these crises. These new legal issues lead to new laws and unique litigation. Our attorneys have a long history representing companies and entrepreneurs that develop these alternative technologies.