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Cooley Godward Kronish’s Intellectual Property Litigation group excels at delivering winning legal strategies in high-stakes technology disputes, including patent, copyright, trademark, false advertising, licensing and trade secret matters. Our clients range from trailblazing start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, all of which benefit from our unique, business-focused approach to developing litigation strategies tailored to each client’s definition of success.
Our distinguished legacy in representing companies at the forefront of innovation frequently results in new legal precedents, such as:Obtaining a major victory for AT&T in its litigation with Microsoft by establishing liability under 35 U.S.C. §271(f) for the exportation of “golden master” discs to foreign countries Managing the Napster copyright MDL Defending NCsoft Corporation, maker of the blockbuster online role-playing game City of Heroes , against trademark and copyright infringement claims made by Marvel Comics Receiving a multimillion-dollar jury verdict on a pioneering patent in the field of digital hearing aids - Collaborating with Wired magazine to build and defend an international trademark portfolio for both print and digital media products in an early online initiative
Obtaining an ex parte TRO and injunction for nutritional supplement client Medical Research Inc. against a competitor that was manufacturing and selling counterfeit ingestibles Obtaining a copyright infringement judgment for Melco Industries, Inc., a multinational equipment manufacturer and a division of the Swiss conglomerate Saurer Defending WhenU.com, an online advertising company, against trademark and copyright infringement claims made by website owners in a series of cases that attracted widespread media attention
As our recent casework portfolio demonstrates, our attorneys have extensive knowledge in the legal issues affecting intellectual property, as well as deep experience representing companies with sophisticated, strategic intellectual property portfolios. They also have relevant, recent experience in virtually every significant intellectual-property-litigation venue in the country, including substantial experience in key IP courts such as the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California; the Eastern District of Texas; the District of Delaware; the Eastern District of Virginia; and the Southern District of New York.
In addition to federal court litigation, we represent clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings, patent interference and re-examination proceedings, and patent and trademark portfolio development. We also represent our intellectual property clients in other matters, such as copyright, trade dress, rights of publicity, domain names, and false advertising—often in the context of products and services delivered online, where many issues remain unsettled.
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