Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP offers legal advisory services in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, and intellectual property law. The firm represents companies in medical devices, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, mechanical engineering, software and information technology, physics and optics, electrical and computer engineering, plant biology, and chemistry and chemical engineering sectors. Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear was founded in 1962 and is based in Irvine, California with additional offices in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Riverside, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.