Malin, Haley & DiMaggio, P.A. was founded in 1969 (as Malin & Haley, P.A.) and is one of the premier firms specializing in intellectual property law in the State of Florida. The attorneys in the firm litigate before all federal and state courts and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission and the World Intellectual Property Organization. The firm's principal focus is to assist clients in all phases of intellectual property related matters, from the simple to the complex. The firm's attorneys concentrate in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition, as well as counseling and assisting clients with respect to all aspects of technology-related legal issues, including patent protection for computer programs, business methods, copyright protection, and licensing of software. The technical background of each of the firm's attorneys places the firm in a position to serve as both advocate and advisor in virtually any area of technology. The firm specializes in patent prosecution in a diverse range of technologies including, but not limited to, mechanical architecture, electro-mechanical devices, computers, local area networks, telecommunication systems, data processing in neural networks, digital message transmission, radar systems, medical instrumentation, flight simulation, global positioning systems, virtual reality, pneumatic systems and intelligent controllers and measuring devices. Malin, Haley & DiMaggio currently employs seven patent and trademark attorneys. The firm is also associated on an of counsel basis with John C. Black, formerly Chief Patent Counsel to IBM with respect to their Personal Computer Division. A significant portion of the firm's work is devoted to securing and defending intellectual property rights in foreign countries.
