Practices: Intellectual Property (Litigation)

Your company has invested the time and money necessary to create unique patents, copyrights and trademarks, and they’re among the most valuable business assets you have. When you need to protect them against infringement, trade secret theft and unfair trade practices, Ungaretti & Harris can assert your rights in litigation anywhere in the country.

Major Advantages

Depending on your circumstances, you may believe that your IP litigation needs can only be served by boutique firms with specific technical knowledge, or megafirms with extensive trial experience. We give you the major advantages of both:

• We are familiar with sophisticated technology including but not limited to electronic devices and components, medical devices, semiconductors and electronic security systems.
• We have technical knowledge across a wide range of industries, including but not limited to telecommunications (wireless and wired), electronics, transportation and medical.
• We have a proven record of handling complex litigation and extensive discovery.
• We can represent you in any court, including federal district court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Diverse Matters

If you need patent infringement defense work in the technology area, we are familiar with disputes involving both individual components and electronic systems. However, there is a wide diversity in the technical and legal matters we can handle to give your company effective IP trial representation. Typical areas of success include our ability to:

• Litigate against competitors who infringe your technology.
• Negotiate global settlements with offshore manufacturers who infringe your trademarks.
• Defend your ability to remain in operation if a competitor attempts to shut down your business over alleged trade secret misappropriation.

Electronic Discovery

The technical issues involved in IP litigation frequently require sophisticated electronic discovery and electronic information management to preserve, review and provide the data necessary for discovery, trial and arbitration. Ungaretti & Harris has a group of lawyers who focus on resolving the problems of electronic information discovery and management and electronic discovery. For specific disputes and as part of a general effort to put best practices in place, we can help you develop and implement effective records management policies and procedures that make electronic records and data easily accessible and searchable.

Complete Package

No matter what your IP litigation need, Ungaretti & Harris can meet it. You can turn to us for technical knowledge and courtroom skill to handle virtually any type of IP controversy for plaintiffs and defendants. Our special capabilities in electronic discovery are an advantage to you in complex disputes. And we can represent you anywhere in the country, at trial or in negotiated settlements.