Intellectual Property Litigation

Intellectual property assets are valuable—but only if they are vigilantly protected. Whether the asset at stake is a patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret, successfully defending a company’s intellectual property can mean the difference between future profitability and the end of the line.

HOW WE HELP

Our IP Litigation attorneys combine extensive technical backgrounds with considerable courtroom skills to ensure clients have the best possible outcome at this high-stakes moment in their business life cycle. Our team’s deep experience representing plaintiffs and defendants allows clients to make informed decisions that will put the business on the best path once a dispute has been resolved. Our wide-ranging industry knowledge includes luxury goods, food and beverage, automotive, agriculture, manufacturing, technology and software, and pharmaceuticals.

OUR SERVICES

Trademark & Copyright Litigation. We protect the marks and works of multinational corporations and cutting-edge startups, in the US and abroad, from applications for emergency injunctive relief through trials and appeals. Our IP Litigation team helps protect clients’ rights by prosecuting and defending infringement actions and unfair competition matters. Our attorneys represent clients at the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), the Copyright Office, the federal courts, and state court as well. We resolve all forms of trademark and copyright disputes, including coordination of criminal proceedings where appropriate, and regularly advocate for expedited proceedings to quickly obtain temporary restraining orders, including injunctions and impoundment orders for pirated works.

Patent Litigation. Our IP Litigation team has a track record of success handling complex patent cases and administrative proceedings. We regularly appear before juries and judges in federal court, at the USPTO, and at the International Trade Commission. Our registered patent attorneys understand the complexities involved in all stages of a patent dispute, and stand ready to defend and enforce clients’ rights. When it is in a company’s best interest to avoid trial, our team deploys innovative strategies for negotiating resolutions and settlements.

Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud, and Non-Competes. Confidential information—including trade secrets—in the wrong hands can result in severely compromising a company’s competitive advantage and devastating monetary damage. Our team is ready to prosecute and defend individuals and companies accused of stealing, using, or disclosing another party’s proprietary information—whether the allegations are unjust, or the client made a mistake and needs help resolving the dispute.

THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE

While intellectual property is the most unique asset of any company, it does not exist in a vacuum. Our IP litigators draw on the business-solution experience of Seyfarth’s entire platform to assemble the right mix of Labor & Employment, Tax, and International colleagues who can provide counsel on the implications of each decision along the path of litigation.

Complementing our team’s strong technical background, the IP Litigation group includes former prosecutors, seasoned trial attorneys, litigators, many of whom are well-versed in computer forensics and eDiscovery issues.