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We represent both defendants and plaintiffs in all areas of intellectual property litigation. On behalf of our clients, our trial lawyers have vindicated and protected intellectual property rights and interests in courts throughout the country. In litigating such actions, our trial lawyers often consult with our transactional intellectual property lawyers, to maximize efficiency for our clients. Importantly, our attorneys have the experience to weigh the value of potential approaches to litigation and the sophistication to recognize, and avoid, aggressive tactics that may simply produce additional fees without significantly enhancing our clients’ prospects of success. In addition, our litigators have broad experience in arbitrations, mediations, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Trade Secrets Litigation
We have prosecuted and defended trade secret misappropriation cases in the retail, manufacturing, and computer services industries, among others. Our experience in this area extends to cases that also include claims that employment agreements have been breached by a former employee, as well as cases that raise patent or copyright issues.
Trademark Litigation
A company’s trademark, or “brand,” may be one of its most valuable assets. Our attorneys have wide experience in litigating trademark disputes, on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, both in federal court and administrative proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Patent Litigation
Technological innovation, and the application of patent laws to the development of new products and concepts, is crucial to the business of many of our clients. Our lawyers are skilled in using patent litigation to protect and enhance our clients’ most vital assets. We draw upon the knowledge and experience of lawyers who specialize in both the patent prosecution and patent litigation areas to search for prior art, analyze patents against obvious challenges, and take other steps necessary to aggressively represent our clients’ patent interests.
Copyright Litigation
Our lawyers have experience in dealing with copyright disputes in many fields, including software development, publishing, and entertainment. Ongoing technological advances in the areas of content distribution, data storage, and access control, along with the passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, combine to make copyright litigation a constantly evolving area of practice.
Intellectual Property Litigation Examples
Our work in the area of intellectual property litigation includes the following matters:
- Successfully pursuing anti-counterfeiting actions on behalf of national, high-end retailers to remove counterfeit goods from the marketplace
- Obtaining the seizure by U.S. Marshals of computers used by a counterfeiter to market counterfeit goods made in China, and subsequently seizing assets of the counterfeiter for satisfaction of the judgment
- Successfully pursuing actions on behalf of an expanding family restaurant chain to clear the field of competitors using similar names
- Successfully defending a copyright claim that a band had infringed another party’s music
- Successfully defending a software company against a claim that the plaintiff owned the copyright to the software in question
- Successfully defending a claim that a distributor of agricultural products was infringing the trade dress of another company, and obtaining an agreement from the plaintiff to stop infringing the mark of the distributor we represented
