About the Firm
The Harris Firm is an outstanding intellectual property boutique law firm, with an office in Washington, DC. The Firm’s capabilities, efficiency, and state-of-the-art technical resources enable it to offer comprehensive intellectual property legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national and international matters. Clients include emerging and middle-market businesses, large corporations, research universities, and not-for-profit institutions and individuals.

The Harris Firm adheres to the highest standards of legal excellence, and the highest standards of service. Its principal and founder, Ron C. Harris, Jr., is respected not only for the depth of his industry knowledge, but for being responsive, efficient, and easy to work with.

Some brief examples of our technical expertise include the following:

• Instructing at premier analytical chemistry research university.
• Conducting inorganic and organic synthesis and electro-chemical studies of various transition metal complexes under the direction of Thomas J. Meyer, Ph.D.
• Identifying HIV nucleosome positions during recombinant DNA studies of the HIV genome for the Chairman of the NIH AIDS grant committee, Jack Griffith, Ph.D.
• Researching and developing quantitative, microelectronic medical device biosensors – exclusively licensed to several global market leaders.

Our experience on behalf of foreign and domestic clients encompasses patent, copyright, and trademark litigation, patent drafting and prosecution, and intellectual property counseling and licensing. For example, we consistently work to obtain favorable settlements, judicial rulings and strategically worded patent claims. We also regularly help our clients to develop meaningfully constructed and enforceable patent portfolios, as well as optimal infringement avoidance strategies. Our current practice includes all aspects of intellectual property with a particular emphasis on patent solicitation and counseling.