Technology, Media, and Intellectual Property Litigation

The members of the Technology, Media, and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group are committed to providing our clients with a controlled, economical, and creative defense.  We have litigated cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, New York, Florida, Illinois, California, and numerous other jurisdictions.  Many of our attorneys have technical or scientific backgrounds and are able to understand our clients' technologies.  We help our clients with risk management issues, pre-claim resolution strategy, and litigation of these types of claims through trial.  Importantly, our attorneys have experience dealing with issues regarding electronic discovery, preservation of electronic evidence, electronic evidence spoliation, and computer imaging.

Technology

Our firm has represented a variety of parties faced with technology-related issues, including vendors, independent contractors, and users of technology.  We have experience in the litigating and resolving technology disputes involving:

• Computer hardware and software applications and related services
• Obligations under licensing agreements
• Compliance with software development agreements
• Open source code
• Copyright, Trademark, Patent, and Trade Dress Infringement
• Misappropriation of trade secrets and other confidential information
• Restrictive covenant obligations
• Non-disclosure agreement obligations

We have experience in all phases of technology litigation, including investigations, injunctions, protective orders, discovery, motions practice, trials, and appeals.

Media

Our firm has numerous attorneys that are experienced litigating First Amendment rights and media litigation issues, including defamation, libel, rights of privacy and publicity, injunctions, gag orders, and prior restraints.  Our attorneys focus on practical litigation strategies and techniques relevant to these issues.

Intellectual Property

We concentrate in providing defense representation in intellectual property claims involving Patents, Copyrights, and Lanham Act violations. The department is actively involved in litigating cases in both the state and federal courts in matters involving alleged patent infringement, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, unfair competition claims, and violations of copyright. We have also been involved in successfully obtaining orders restraining parties from trading in counterfeit products in violation of trademark and copyright laws.

With respect to patent infringement claims, we are able to draw from the engineering experience and education of our attorneys to assist in evaluating infringement claims.  Our attorneys understand much of the science in patent claims and specifications.  This helps us to provide an understandable presentation at both trials and Markman hearings.

Many of our trademark, trade dress, and copyright cases have been referred directly from clients we have represented in products liability or general liability claims.  Those clients understand that we are trial lawyers and that we are able to litigate all types of matters.  Our trademark, trade dress, and copyright experience is significant, with attorneys in our Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Florida offices having experience handling these types of cases.

Our attorneys have considerable experience in jury trial presentations of these cases gained over numerous years of court appearances where they have litigated hundreds of complex cases to juries in all venues. This jury trial experience proves of considerable value in presenting patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright issues in an understandable and persuasive manner to lay juries. This experience sharply distinguishes our firm from those which have intellectual property expertise, but little or no jury trial history.

As with other areas of firm practice, we pride ourselves on providing cost-effective representation coupled with strong advocacy. We strive to provide our clients with effective, and sometimes very innovative, solutions to their cases.

We are receptive to discussing the utilization of alternative pricing techniques to the advantage of our clients.

Inquiries concerning this area of our practice can be directed to: