The Harris Firm

General information

The Harris Firm is an outstanding intellectual property boutique law firm, with offices in Washington, DC and Tokyo. 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.

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.

A note to our foreign and U.S. clients about data security
Our unencrypted foreign client data are stored exclusively outside of the United States and Europe without the use of backdoor-laden proprietary software or third party cloud(s). These important data security features, which set us apart from nearly all multinational law firm offices, provide jurisdictional protection against subpoena under the Patriot Act, U.S. and U.K. government data collection, and forensic e-discovery.

Our U.S. client data potentially subject to export controls are maintained exclusively inside of the United States, unless and until applicable foreign filing and export licenses are obtained.

United States notarization in Japan
Our Tokyo office also provides U.S. notary services in Japan without the hassle or wasted time of U.S. Embassy security and scheduling. Our notary services are available to anyone filing a document in the United States.

For further inquiries or to schedule an appointment for U.S. notary public services, please email or call +81 3 4455 7215.