Intellectual Property

Conflicts involving infringement and misappropriation

We handle disputes involving trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and other claims where intellectual property is at stake.

Overview

Intellectual property and trade secrets often represent a company’s most valuable assets. When these rights are infringed or misappropriated, the financial and competitive consequences can be immediate and severe.

We handle intellectual property and trade secret disputes such as:

Trademark infringement and unfair competition — protecting brand identity, logos, and trade dress.
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) — federal statute allowing trademark owners to sue over bad-faith registration or use of confusingly similar domain names.
Trade secret misappropriation — theft or misuse of confidential formulas, processes, data, or customer information.
Breach of confidentiality agreements — enforcing NDAs and other contracts protecting proprietary information.
Lanham Act and false advertising claims — disputes over misleading marketing or product claims tied to IP.
Related business torts — unfair competition, misappropriation of goodwill, and passing off.

Representative Experience

We have experience protecting intellectual property and trade secrets in litigation involving infringement, misappropriation, and misuse of proprietary assets. Representative matters include:

Trademark and Domain Protection Litigation — We represented the owner of a hotel chain in litigation involving trademark infringement and cybersquatting. On the eve of trial, the case settled favorably for our client.