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IP Litigation


Ranked consistently among the top 10 firms by IP Today and IP Law & Business, Foley & Lardner LLP is the only general practice firm to be recognized among the top 10 for both patent litigation and patent procurement. In addition, National Law Journal ranked Foley as one of the top 10 most-mentioned firms for IP litigation and prosecution in its Who Represents Corporate America survey (2009).

Significant Depth and Breadth of Patent Experience
We have more than 230 attorneys in our IP Department, 90 percent of whom hold technical degrees and nearly 50 percent of whom hold advanced Ph.D. or Masters degrees encompassing a wide range of industries and technologies, including:

  • Electronics and high tech
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Computer software
  • Medical devices
  • Specialized chemical
  • Nanotechnology
  • Financial services
  • Wireless
  • Mechanical and electromechanical
  • Internet and new media technologies
  • Food and consumer products
  • Green energy technologies


 


 

 


 

More than 180 of Foley's IP attorneys are registered to practice before the USPTO. Of these, more than two dozen have prior experiencing serving at the USPTO as examiners as well as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO.

Our capacity for servicing the entire life cycle of IP assets means that we can readily handle the multi-disciplinary issues that may arise in a patent infringement case, including

  • Licensing and technology transfers
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Tax and antitrust implications
  • E-discovery strategies
  • Specialized proceedings in the USPTO such as re-examinations and interferences

The attorneys of our IP Department are able to draw on the experience of our attorneys in more than 60 practice areas across our 21 offices, including Europe, China, and Japan. As necessary, we can call on the experience of the attorneys we partner with internationally.

Below are specific areas in which our attorneys possess unique and in-depth experience.

Enforcing Trademark and Copyright Assets
We also have a team of attorneys within the IP Litigation Practice focused on trademark and copyright enforcement and litigation. This team represents national and multinational corporate clients in litigation and related counseling work on trademark, copyright, and advertising matters. Our clients include manufacturers, publishers, authors, technology companies, consumer companies, retailers, academic institutions, media and entertainment companies, sports entities, and service companies.

Trademark and copyright cases have their own idiosyncrasies and subtleties. Our team is dedicated to the enforcement and litigation of such issues, with the knowledge that only years of experience can provide. This knowledge includes effective survey techniques and an understanding of how courts and juries evaluate similarity and likelihood of confusion. Our attorneys have extensive experience in federal and state court trademark and trade dress infringement actions and arbitration as well as actions for unfair competition, counterfeiting, false advertising, and dilution. In addition, they are proficient in the management of complex cases before diverse tribunals, including the USPTO, ITC, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and U.S. Customs & Border Protection.

Foley also uses U.S. and worldwide watch services to help clients monitor and enforce their trademarks and copyrights. This monitoring also encompasses appropriate Internet searches to ensure that competitors are not using a client's marks to generate additional “Web site hits” for themselves.

Representative Trademark & Copyright Litigation Cases






Contacts
Matthew B. Lowrie
Chair


Richard S. Florsheim
Vice Chair


Cynthia J. Franecki
Vice Chair


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