Goldstein, Faucett & Prebeg, LLP

Goldstein, Faucett & Prebeg is an intellectual property law firm that focuses on contingent fee patent infringement litigation. 

Although it is based in Houston, Texas, GFP’s client base is worldwide.  Intellectual property matters are heard in federal court, and GFP attorneys are licensed to practice in federal courts in all U.S. states.  Because the firm's attorneys have been involved in patent enforcement lawsuits from coast to coast, and have collected patent infringement damages for its clients from around the world, the firm’s attorneys have earned a national reputation as effective intellectual property litigators and trial counsel, particularly in the field of patent infringement. We are involved in cases nationwide, including in popular patent dockets such as the Eastern District of Texas and the Northern District of California.

Unlike some larger firms with small intellectual property divisions, GFP’s sole business is protecting the intellectual property rights of its clients, with the majority of its services provided on a contingent fee basis.   Intellectual property – which is defined as property resulting from mental expressions and creation (ie. ideas), is broken down into four distinct areas: patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.  GFP attorneys have extensive experience in litigating and licensing in each of these areas, but primarily focus on patent litigation.  Contingent fee patent litigation in particular has given the firm valuable insight as to the needs and priorities of small companies and inventors.

Senior partner Edward W. Goldstein formed the law firm in 1995 with the primary goal of offering independent inventors and small companies, with limited budgets, a way to enforce their intellectual property rights (e.g. patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets) without having to sacrifice their own limited financial resources. This is accomplished through the firm's flexible fee arrangements, which include contingency fee patent litigation, as well as hourly and/or modified billing options. While a number of the firm's clients prefer to compensate the firm for its services based upon its standard hourly rate, most of our clients hire us on a contingent fee basis - that is, the client pays the firm no fee unless and until the firm collects a recovery for that client.

The firm boasts intellectual property lawyers and staff with specialized degrees, knowledge and training in the areas of physics, biochemistry, several engineering disciplines, computer science, and biology.

In addition to its practice in handling patent infringement causes of action and other intellectual property litigation, Goldstein, Faucett & Prebeg also provides a full range of intellectual property legal services, including counseling for patent prosecution, registering copyrights and trademarks, rendering legal opinions, technology licensing, technology transfer, and general client counseling.  Several of our attorneys are licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and we are familiar with defendant tactics such as reexamination.  While we primarily provide patent litigation services, many of our client find that serious licensing talks cannot proceed without a lawsuit on file.  We believe our contingency fee patent litigation services are a natural complement to our licensing services.  Please contact us to find out how we can begin a mutually beneficial partnership.