Hultquist IP (formerly IPTL) Employee Directory
Law PracticeNorth Carolina, United States2-10 Employees
Hultquist IP is a small U.S. law practice focused on intellectual property and technology law. It was founded in April 1992 by Steven J. Hultquist and was formerly known as IPTL. The firm is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and serves universities, multinational corporations, startups, and emerging technology companies across a wide range of technologies, from semiconductor manufacturing to medical devices and business methods. The firm handles worldwide patent and trademark registration and maintains relationships with law firms in all countries relevant to its clients. Its counseling services include strategic assessments of research, development, and commercialization, opinions on patent validity and non-infringement, design-around guidance, product clearances, inventorship determinations, and budgeting input. IP-related transactional work encompasses licensing, technology transfer, joint ventures, IP valuations, and due diligence, and the firm has litigated in state and federal courts, with experience as an expert witness and involvement in proceedings such as interference and reexamination, as well as briefs to the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court.