Since its founding in Detroit in 1865, Reising Ethington has specialised in the practice of IP law. Its areas of expertise include IP prosecution and litigation, managing worldwide patent and trademark portfolios, post-grant proceedings, trade secrets, licensing, and other IP-related agreements. The firm represents some of the world’s most innovative and foremost IP owners, including automotive manufacturers and suppliers, medical technology companies, aerospace companies, universities, industrial equipment makers, robotics companies, and consumer product companies.

Reising enjoys a rich history of partnership with many of its clients, including in the automotive industry, where the firm worked to protect the ideas of automotive pioneers Ransom E. Olds, David Buick, and the Fisher brothers. Attorneys at Reising have authored seven editions of the U.S. law school textbook Cases and Materials on Patent Law Including Trade Secrets (West Academic Publishing).