NEW IDEAS ARE THE FUEL OF PROGRESS AND THE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS.
Dunlap Codding is an intellectual property law firm where ideas matter – a team of nimble thinkers who help dreamers and doers bring their ideas to life, and the community connectivity created by our nonprofit event space inspires our work to protect ideas for clients across Oklahoma and around the globe.
Our Story
Dunlap Codding is home to a group of professionals with diverse scientific and legal acumen who devote themselves to protecting clients and engaging with the community. Our philosophy is simple. We listen carefully and respond to each client’s unique needs with micro-customized, collaborative solutions and innovative services. We focus on providing each client with an exemplary work product, delivered with care. Our mission is to help our clients create and protect robust and strategic intellectual property portfolios—vigorously pursued, pragmatically focused, and solidly grounded in science and law.
We bring our service-oriented mindset to bear—working in tandem with clients, investing our time and resources to develop a deep understanding of their technologies and businesses—whatever they may be. From mechanical arts and life sciences to nanotechnology and optics and virtually every technical and scientific area in between, we’ve helped clients identify and protect their intellectual property. After all, innovative ideas are their greatest asset. And future success depends on their protection. But we don’t stop there. We help brand and protect reputations–online and in the “real world”–through the creative use of trademark, copyright and right of publicity activities. Especially with respect to trademark protection, we help clients focus—strategically and at the outset—on marks and brands that are lasting, that are memorable, and that clearly define their position within the market.
Founded in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the region’s largest and most versatile boutique IP firm serving sophisticated clients ranging from local artists and entrepreneurs to multi-national conglomerates. In addition to our offices in the heart of the Film Row District of Oklahoma City, we have offices in Austin, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Large enough to provide depth and experience in almost any field, we are nimble, approachable and authentic in offering tailored, responsive legal representation. This combination has earned us a ranking in the top band of intellectual property firms in Oklahoma by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and our shareholders are ranked among the top practitioners in the state. And more importantly, wherever our clients live and work, they feel like we’re next door, advancing their success.
We maintain a wealth of experience in the areas of utility and design patents, intellectual property audits, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, Internet and e-commerce, licensing and technology transfer, technical asset evaluation, due diligence inquiries, patent and trademark litigation, and antitrust law—all deployed in service to our clients, our friends.