Services

• Prepared and prosecuted a family of patent applications covering a new class of drugs for a pharmaceutical concern.
• Provided comprehensive representation in patent and licensing matters for several companies having large patent portfolios.
• Defended one of the largest manufacturers of wedding albums in a patent infringement action.
• Defended one of the largest U.S. paper companies in a patent infringement action.
• Supported the national trial lawyer of an automotive parts manufacturer in a patent infringement action brought by the automotive parts manufacturer involving the design of a custom automobile wheel.
• Represented a tool and die company in an action for patent infringement against a plastics company.
• Defended an avionics test equipment manufacturer against claims that its equipment infringed a patent held by the plaintiff.
• Defended a company in an infringement case that involved a patent on recirculating steam ovens used for the commercial production of a fast food chicken item.
• Defended a manufacturer of various closures in an infringement and licensing dispute with a chemical manufacturer over oxygen scavenger chemicals used in cap liners for U.S. and foreign beer producers.
• Defended a company in an infringement claim for machinery to duplicate two-sided keys.
• Represented a metal stampings company in a dispute over a license of the patent portfolio for cut-resistant yarns used in the production of safety wear.
• Represented a leading valve manufacturer in a trade dress infringement case.
• Represented a chemical company and its subsidiary against charges of trademark infringement and unfair competition for use of the color blue on PVC tubing and electric junction boxes.
• Represented two chemists who were sued by a chemical manufacturer for trade secret misappropriation on the technology for copper additives to diesel fuel.
• Represented a large bank in a trademark infringement action against a bank in another state.
• Represented a chemical company against a former employee and another company in a trade secret misappropriation action involving chemical formulas and processing information.
• Represented a university's research corporation and its licensee in a trade secret case against the licensee's former CEO for illicit transfers abroad of liquid crystal display technology developed at the university.
• Coordinated with the U.S. Department of Justice on the criminal prosecution of several Taiwanese executives under the Economic Espionage Act.
• Represented the country's largest vendor of computer equipment and two sales managers in a criminal investigation and private civil litigation over charges of trade secret theft from a competitor's computerized database.