PRACTICE

Intellectual Property Litigation

Overview

With decades of experience spanning various industries and a comprehensive knowledge of Intellectual Property (IP) dispute resolution venues, our IP Litigation Team is equipped to handle a wide spectrum of cases.

Our expertise extends to federal trial and appellate courts, arbitration, the ITC, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which covers proceedings like IPRs and PGRs, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

  • Trial-Tested Litigation Prowess

    Our Litigation team excels in discerning the critical aspects of a case and collaborates closely with our clients to ensure that litigation is managed in a manner that advances their ultimate objectives. We work diligently to resolve immediate issues and help our clients avoid similar challenges in the future, while striving to provide value-add to our clients in an effective representation.

  • Bench Strength and Industry Experienced

    PierFerd Litigation partners provide clients across various industries globally with comprehensive commercial litigation and dispute resolution services. From coast to coast, in state and federal courts, our experience spans from appellate to high-stakes commercial and corporate fraud litigation, to IP and insurance related disputes, with the ability to scale up for our clients as and when necessary.

  • Client-Focused Approach to Disputes

    We view our seasoned litigators as an extension of our clients’ in-house legal teams, working collaboratively to achieve optimal outcomes through strategic partnership, early intervention, and a comprehensive approach to dispute resolution.

  • Team-Orientated, Comprehensive Strategies

    We seamlessly collaborate with other practice groups to leverage and bring to bear the appropriate industry experience wherever necessary, ensuring litigation strategies are comprehensively addressed, including matters related to banking and financial services, cyber-risk, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, employment and labor, and real estate, among others.

Capabilities

We offer a complete suite of services tailored to our clients’ specific needs, and our innovative, distributed business model enables us to deliver efficient and cost-effective representation for IP disputes globally. Our practice covers patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, trade dress, false advertising, Lanham Act, rights of publicity, antitrust, breach of contract, and business tort claims often associated with these disputes. Our attorneys are admitted to practice in most major metropolitan areas, and our litigators have actively contributed to nationwide panels. What sets our IP litigators apart is their proficiency in effective, creative problem-solving, and their readiness to take any case to trial when it becomes necessary.

Our Team has successfully represented clients in a diverse range of industries and technologies, including alcohol distribution, apparel and footwear, audio electronics, automotive electronics and parts, automobile manufacturing, aviation (gas turbine engines), base stations, battery chemistry, renewable energy, biosimilars, business methods, call center systems, PBX, VOIP, Centrex, telephony, video-conferencing, chemicals and formulation technologies, computer software and hardware, consumer products, cybersecurity, designs (patents and copyrights) encompassing architecture, furniture, fixtures, jewelry, and textiles, ecommerce, electronics, exotic materials, fiber optics, food and beverage, gaming, GPS location systems, fleet telematics, hospitality and restaurants, insurance, mechanical and industrial systems and processes, medical devices (including laser catheters and orthopedic implants), metal processing (e.g., rolled steel, aluminum, and copper), optics and optical switches, pharmaceuticals (ANDA), polymer and specialty resins, printing press and post-press technology, recording artists and companies, security lighting, semiconductors (including manufacturing processes), software, solar energy systems, sports, tools and tooling, toys and novelties, water and waste treatment, web hosting, and WIFI.