Practices

Intellectual Property

From coast to coast, from biotechnology patents to telecommunications or other electronics patents, from complex, multipatent and/or multidiscipline patent cases to complex trademark and copyright litigation, Mintz Levin provides the technological and strategic know-how for any litigation scenario. Mintz Levin attorneys possess superior knowledge regarding patents, trademarks, trade secret, and copyright litigation law and strategies. Our attorneys and other professionals possess knowledge if a vast array of technologies, allowing us to form litigation teams that are at once specialized to each case's technical needs and streamlined for efficient, cost-effective enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Our attorneys have the experience to guide you through complex legal and technical issues to a resolution meeting your demands. Our attorneys have experience in directing enforcement as desired, including toward out-of-court settlement or in-court resolution. If enforcement means going to trial, then Mintz Levin provides the comfort of having a firm with extensive trial experience. Our patent litigation team is headed by a lawyer with nearly 30 years of patent litigation experience and an incredible 91% success rate in patent trials, including obtaining one of the largest patent damages awards in history of over $55 million and having the judgment affirmed on appeal.

Our attorneys are also trained and experienced in enforcing your intellectual property rights in manners that make business, not just legal, sense.  Enforcement may be tailored to achieve a variety of business goals including enjoining competitors, recovering damages, and spurring license negotiations.

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Publications

Intellectual Property Alert: Supreme Court Invalidates Biotech Method Patent in Mayo v. Prometheus

3/26/2012



Intellectual Property Alert: Do You Qualify for the “Micro Entity” Discount?

11/3/2011



Intellectual Property Alert: Federal Circuit Affirms ITC’s Extraterritorial Authority in Trade Secret Cases

10/17/2011



Intellectual Property Alert: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act – What You Need to Know Now

9/16/2011



Intellectual Property Alert: Myriad Impact of the Federal Circuit’s Decision in Myriad Genetics

8/9/2011



Life Sciences Alert: Invention Assignment Following Stanford v. Roche: Implications for Technology Transfer and Government Contracts

6/24/2011



Trademark Alert: A New Domain Name System Is Coming… Are You Ready?

6/21/2011



Trademark Alert: Beware of Trademark Fee Scams in Europe and Asia

5/25/2011



Trademark Advisory: TRADEMARK OWNERS BEWARE… Of Unofficial Trademark Registers and Domain Name Solicitations from China and Hong Kong

2/10/2011



Client Brief: The Benefits of Mediation and/or Arbitration over Trial

2/3/2011



Client Brief: Reexaminations: Strategic Use by Both Patentees and Defendants

12/29/2010



Client Brief: When is “Home Court” Not to Your Best Advantage?

10/28/2010



Client Brief: Permanent Injunctions: Still Possible, But Be Realistic And Plan Early

8/31/2010



Intellectual Property Advisory: The UK Intellectual Property Office Has Recently Announced a New Fast Track Examination Service for PCT Applications

7/28/2010



Client Brief: Living Up to the Hype? – The Supreme Court Rules on Patenting Business Methods and Other Processes: Bilski and Its Impact

7/1/2010



Energy and Clean Technology Intellectual Property Alert: USPTO Expands Green Technology Pilot Program to Cover More Inventions

6/4/2010



Client Brief: Difficulties Prevailing on Willful Infringement Post-Seagate

5/27/2010



Intellectual Property Advisory: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights: Knowing the Difference

4/29/2010



Client Brief: False Marking Claims Run Amok

4/29/2010



Client Brief: Standard Setting and Patent Rights: Navigating Choppy Waters

3/31/2010



Intellectual Property Advisory: Keyword Advertising: When Your Trademark Becomes the Key to Your Competitor’s Internet Ad

2/25/2010



Client Brief: Recent Change in Patent Marking Law Cause for Concern to Patent Owners

2/1/2010



Trademark Advisory: Promoting Your Brand - and Protecting It - on Social Networking Sites

1/27/2010



Energy and Clean Technology Intellectual Property Alert: USPTO Announces Program to Accelerate Review of Green Technology

12/10/2009



Federal - Intellectual Property Advisory: Court Holds that Performance Licenses Are Not Required for Ringtones

10/19/2009



Trademark and Bankruptcy Advisory: Running on Empty...Trademarks And Bankruptcy

10/1/2009



Music Copyright Alert: Unpredictable Playlist Dooms Sound Recording Copyright Holders’ Infringement Claim

8/25/2009



Intellectual Property Alert: Reduced Time Limits for Filing Divisional Applications at the European Patent Office

8/14/2009



Privacy and Security Alert: The FTC Approves Long-Awaited CAN-SPAM Discretionary Rule

5/13/2008



Antitrust Advisory: FTC's Rambus Decision Concerning Patent Holder's Behavior in Standard-Setting Process Reversed by D.C. Circuit

4/25/2008



Intellectual Property Alert: The London Agreement

2/11/2008



A Look at the Changing Landscape of Patent Prosecution

2/11/2008
Joseph Juliano, Carl Kukkonen and James Cleary
San Diego Business Journal

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