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COPYRIGHT 2004 Dolan Media Newswires
Byline: Heidi R. Centrella
It's about protection and keeping the wheels turning at Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C., the only law firm in Oklahoma City dedicated to specializing in intellectual property.
From fishing pole devices to the pharmaceutical-biotech industry, attorneys and agents who specialize in protecting people's ideas and concepts can't stand still, because they know their client's competitors won't either.
"Anything that gives somebody a competitive advantage - a thought, a process, a method of doing business - we can protect it in some manner," said Charles A. "Skip" Codding, patent lawyer and senior partner at the firm of 20 lawyers, agents, of counsel and technical staff.
While anyone can design, manufacture and sell a product - as long as they don't infringe upon someone else's patent - no one can stop the "other guy" from stealing an...
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