Our Intellectual Property Litigation Group has earned a national reputation for successful resolution of large, complex disputes involving rights in intellectual property. We handle the full range of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation throughout the United States for large and small businesses, universities, and individuals. We also advise venture capital firms and institutional investors on the business implications of pending or threatened intellectual property litigation. learn more

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  • Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Company Limited
    Our lawyers, in conjunction with Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg LLP and East Associates, represented Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Company Limited and its affiliates (GBT), the largest lysine producer in China and the largest vertically integrated corn-based biochemical manufacturer in Asia, which prevailed after an evidentiary hearing before the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) in a patent infringement investigation brought by Ajinomoto Heartland LLC and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Ajinomoto). In a ruling in July 2008, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) held that the claims of Ajinomoto’s two patents were invalid for failure to disclose the best mode of practicing the invention, thus finding no violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The ALJ also ruled that both patents were unenforceable because Ajinomoto had committed inequitable conduct. [Read More]
  • KVH Industries
    Our lawyers recently secured a key patent win for longtime client KVH Industries, a Rhode Island-based provider of in-motion satellite television and communication systems, in addition to navigation and guidance products. A jury in the U.S. District Court in Minnesota returned a verdict in favor of KVH that the company was not liable for infringing King Controls' U.S. Patent 6,864,846 involving satellite switching technology because the asserted claim of the patent was invalid over prior art presented by KVH at trial. The win clears the way for KVH to continue sales of its leading TracVision® line of in-motion satellite television products used around the world on boats, automobiles, recreational vehicles, trucks and buses. [Read More]