Trademark, Copyright and Intellectual Property Litigation
The protection of intellectual property rights requires not only a thorough understanding of the law, but the ability to creatively demonstrate and articulate the conduct of the parties to the dispute in a compelling manner. In many cases, efforts undertaken at the outset of the litigation have a significant impact on the results achieved for our clients.
These are some of the matters our firm has handled in this practice area:
Copyright Infringement
Won $250,000 federal court judgment for manufacturer by establishing that a competitor had reproduced our client's copyrighted product in a substantially similar fashion. Through creative use of demonstrative evidence, proved that the infringing designer had access to and likely copied product.
Defense of Infringement Claim
Successfully defeated request for preliminary injunction against local hardware manufacturer accused of copying major manufacturer's products and catalogue, effectively ending the case at its inception.
Assertion of Intellectual Property Rights
Obtained injunctive relief in favor of corporation against former employees accused of using engineering designs constituting intellectual property of previous employer.
Defense of Intellectual Property Rights
Defended corporation accused of copying intellectual property allegedly belonging to former customer.
Theft of Trade Secrets
Defended former manager of corporation accused of taking previous employer's proprietary business methods and techniques in setting up a competing business.
