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Called on to litigate IP disputes involving core technologies, products and brands

Complete win for Gilead Sciences in dispute involving breakthrough SOVALDI® treatment

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Trial win for Facebook in patent case targeting “Like” button

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Complete win for virtual reality leader Oculus VR in trademark case

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Trial victory and $2.2M attorneys fees’ award for NexTag in competitor patent case

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Win for SpaceX when competing rocket landing patent is invalidated

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Why Cooley
  • 90+ IP litigators across the US and UK
  • Smart, honest advice about which cases to take to trial and which ones to resolve early-on 
  • Renowned for our ability to win bet-the-company competitor cases, ones in which multibillion-dollar products, technologies and brands are at stake 
  • Unprecedented experience representing clients in tech and life sciences matters
  • 400+ patent cases in the last 5 years (high volume gives us significant exposure to key prior art and other relevant information that we can leverage)
  • 150+ PTAB proceedings
  • 100+ trademark and copyright cases in the last 5 years
  • 100+ domain name recovery proceedings in the last 2 years
  • 30+ Section 337 ITC investigations
  • 25+ patents invalidated in the last year
  • 14 IP trial wins in the last 3 years

 

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Winning performances in high-stakes, high-dollar trials make Cooley an undeniable IP litigation powerhouse

– The Recorder

2015 IP Litigation Department of the Year finalist

– The American Lawyer

Capitalizing on lean staffing, Cooley has set itself apart with a recent trio of high-stakes trial victories

– The American Lawyer
Recognition
  • Managing IP: Patent Contentious and PTAB Litigation "IP Star" (2017)
  • Corporate Counsel: Top 10 Patent Litigation Practice (2016)
  • Law360: Litigation Powerhouse (2016)
  • National Law Journal: IP Hot List (2016)
  • Docket Navigator: Top 5 Law Firm for PTAB Proceedings and Top 10 Law Firm for Patent Litigation Defense (2015)
  • The American Lawyer: IP Litigation Department of the Year Finalist (2015)
  • The Recorder: IP Litigation Department of the Year (2015)
  • Financial Times: Top 5 Most Innovative Law Firms (2015)
Group Contacts
Stephen Smith Partner, Washington, DC
Heidi Keefe Partner, Palo Alto
Jim Brogan Partner, Colorado
Thomas Friel Partner, San Francisco
Michelle Rhyu Partner, Palo Alto
Michael Rhodes Partner, San Francisco
Peter Willsey Partner, Washington, DC
Janet Cullum Partner, New York
John Crittenden Partner, San Francisco
Jon Graves Partner, Reston
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