We represent clients’ patents in litigations of all types. At one end of the spectrum are cases that are critical to a company’s future – sometimes against competitors – where our client must assert its patents, in order to protect a line of business, or defend against a threat to its ability to sell or import its products. Our clients, large and small, trust us with these most important and challenging disputes, and we prepare to win those cases at trial or on motion practice. However, patent cases come in all shapes and sizes. Other patent cases may come with other objectives or business priorities, and we also excel in these cases, often getting them dismissed on motion practice or otherwise achieving our clients’ objectives in a cost-efficient manner.
Our patent litigators include experienced trial lawyers and patent lawyers with technical backgrounds in engineering or the sciences, which enable them to gain an even deeper understanding of the technologies at issue, develop even stronger positions in litigation, and more effectively handle even the most complex technologies. These technical backgrounds include: chemical, electrical, mechanical, metallurgical, and nuclear engineering; biochemistry; molecular biology; organic chemistry; materials science; optics; pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and nanotechnology; bioinformatics; systems and software engineering; and other specialized technologies.
Our patent litigation practice spans the United States and Europe. We advise and represent clients in courts, agencies, and other tribunals throughout the United States and in Europe, as well as before arbitration panels. Our trans-Atlantic practice enables us to represent clients in multi-jurisdictional disputes. We are one of the only firms in Europe that have both lawyers and patent attorneys in its practice.
We also have extensive expertise and experience in representing our clients in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. IPR proceedings have become an important part of the patent litigation landscape, and we have achieved great success on behalf of both patent owners and those petitioning to challenge the validity of issued patents.
We regularly represent clients of all sizes in patent litigation of all scales.
In the United States, we represent clients in jurisdictions from coast to coast and appear frequently in the most common U.S. jurisdictions for patent disputes, including: the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; the Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California; the District of Delaware; the Eastern District of Virginia; and the Western District of Wisconsin. Our attorneys also have substantial experience representing clients as complainants and respondents in investigations before the International Trade Commission (ITC) under Section 337 of the Tariff Act.
In Europe, we represent clients before national courts, the European Patent Office, and the national offices. We directly represent our clients in France, Germany, and the UK, and we often coordinate and lead cross-border IP disputes throughout Europe.
We regularly achieve success for our clients at all stages of litigation – from prevailing on motions to dismiss at the pleading stage, through victory at trial and on appeal – and through alternative dispute resolution, where appropriate.
