Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Launches Grid Industry Group

IP Specialty Firm Recognizes Growing Importance of Smart Grid Technologies

Washington, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (SKGF), an intellectual property law firm in Washington, DC, announced today the launch of its Grid Industry Group.  This group is designed to help meet the intellectual property needs of innovators as the power grid evolves to a smart grid through  modernizing and securing the transmission, distribution, generation, and communications components of the grid.  The Grid Industry Group builds upon SKGF's CleanTech Industry Group founded in 2006.  

"Over the past several years through our cleantech work, our firm has seen firsthand the tremendous growth and client interest in technologies transforming the power grid to a smart grid," said Theodore A. Wood, SKGF director and leader of the Grid Industry Group.  "We expect to see significant innovation driving this transformation.  The SKGF team is taking a leadership role in helping innovators obtain quality intellectual property protection to leverage their investments and facilitate commercialization."

The Grid Industry Group serves a range of companies with products, services, and processes targeting three key areas: resiliency of the power grid; communications and networking enabling the smart grid; and smart grid enabled appliances and devices.  SKGF has experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property related to the communications and networking industry, as well as representing those innovating in home automation, electronics, and control systems technology.  Attorneys of the firm have represented a number of companies in the power grid/smart grid space, involving technologies related to advanced metering, microgrids, distributed energy resource generation and distribution, and home area network monitoring and control of energy usage.

To learn more about the Grid Industry Group, visit the web at http://www.skgf.com/grid.

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. - Strategists and Advisors specializing in the protection, transfer and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.  Founded in 1978 and based in Washington, DC, the firm has over 130 patent attorneys, agents and technical specialists representing a broad range of clients, including emerging and established companies, venture capital firms, universities and select individuals.

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