Intellectual Property and Technology

Our Intellectual Property and Technology Group handles complex patent, trade secret, trade dress, trademark, copyright, antitrust, technology licensing and technology-related disputes.   Our group has the experience, trial skills, size and resources required to resolve efficiently even the most complex cases. 

We represent established and emerging companies in a wide variety of industries – including the software, semiconductor, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, e-commerce and other high technology industries.  We also have considerable expertise representing clients from the motion picture, communications equipment and services, apparel, and satellite technology industries.

We serve the intellectual property needs of clients in the entertainment, publishing, wine, computer, and digital technology fields, including sound industry innovator, Dolby Laboratories, and wine industry leader, Robert Mondavi.   In addition to providing critical legal support to emerging companies facing patent, copyright, trademark, antitrust and trade secret challenges, our attorneys also regularly counsel and represent established Silicon Valley and other high technology companies, including clients such as Atmel, Chiron, Verizon, Genentech, Walmart.com, Pfizer, VISA International and VISA USA, on intellectual property and other technology-related issues.

With a depth of seasoned trial lawyers, which includes members of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, our strength is conveying complex technical concepts to judges, juries, arbitrators, mediators and other parties.

Because of our creativity and expertise, we are regularly retained to prosecute and defend “bet the company” intellectual property cases.  Our innovative litigation strategies and in-house litigation support resources offer clients the best results in these high-stakes battles.