Nanotechnology

Our firm is experienced with counseling organizations that develop and work with nanotechnologies. At Joyce & Paul, we understand the complexities of the underlying technology so clients are not forced to expend valuable time and resources to educate us on the novel properties associated with nanotechnology and the emerging applications that leverage its efficiencies. Our attorneys have contributed to numerous presentations and writings for nanotechnology-related conferences and publications.

In particular, and unlike most firms that see nanotechnology as almost exclusively presenting intellectual property issues, we focus on the emerging environmental, health, and safety risk, as well as regulatory issues associated with nanotechnology. This focus is a natural extension of our work and considerable experience with environmental, health, and safety issues faced by more traditional technologies. We can assist with the most challenging regulatory compliance and permitting matters, and design programs to minimize the exposure of our clients to legal risks when developing and working with nanotechnologies.