Dykas & Shaver, ("the Firm") began in Boise in 1985 as Dykas Law Offices, with the goal of bringing high quality, reasonably priced legal service in the fields of technology and intellectual property law to emerging businesses with a need to protect intellectual property of any type.The Firm specializes in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, trademark and copyright applications, as well as related licensing. The Firm also handles litigation involving intellectual property law disputes in state and federal courts, and is experienced in alternate forms of dispute resolution. The Firm has developed a network of foreign search and patent firms in order to facilitate the prosecution of patent and trademark applications throughout the world. Through this network of patent attorneys and agents around the industrialized world, the Firm routinely represents clients in obtaining patents and trademarks worldwide.The Firm is committed to being the best firm, not the largest. Rather than focusing on profit and size, we focus on: