The Industrial Equipment/Materials, Manufacturing & Consumer Products sector is at the heart of producing essentially every product throughout the world. This overarching sector is responsible for developing and producing the raw materials that go into effectively all products. This sector is also responsible for designing and producing the equipment and processes that are necessary to produce raw materials, intermediates, and finished products, and for carrying out those processes to provide the resulting end products to the global economy. Because of the importance of this sector in producing materials and products, continued advancement in the Industrial Equipment/Materials, Manufacturing & Consumer Products sector is necessary to ensure continued advancement in practically every other sector and industry. The team at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, LLP has deep knowledge of the specific IP needs and concerns of this sector and keeps the unique considerations and concerns of businesses within this sector in mind when assisting and counseling clients, including issues surrounding claim scope, patentability, and enforceability; trade secrets in the manufacturing process; freedom to operate concerns; joint development agreement and licensing models; and enforcement issues. We have particular knowledge of several key industries within the Industrial Equipment/Materials, Manufacturing & Consumer Products sector, including: