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Intellectual Property
Duane Morris' Intellectual Property lawyers know how integral our clients' intellectual capital is to the success of their businesses. We understand how to pursue intellectual property rights to increase opportunities for our clients to enhance market share.
Our clients benefit from a team of IP professionals who have played pivotal roles in the development of IP law, advocating before the Supreme Court in landmark cases, such as College Savings Bank and Markman. Our IP team includes highly trained patent attorneys with backgrounds in biosciences, materials, chemicals, polymers, electronics and telecommunications. Our trademark lawyers are well-versed in trademark prosecution and disputes and Duane Morris' IP litigators have substantial trial experience in disagreements over patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
"When we discovered a blatant knockoff of Unilever's famous VASELINE® petroleum jelly products, we turned to Duane Morris for assistance and they were able to immediately enjoin and seize the infringing product. This case was one of many in which Duane Morris has provided first rate legal services to help protect our valuable brands." - Eric W. McCormick, Assistant General Counsel – Trademarks, Unilever United States, Inc.
Duane Morris manages the worldwide trademarks for the North American subsidiaries of French industrial giant Saint-Gobain. For the past decade, the firm has handled the North American patent needs of Saint-Gobain companies Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics Ltd., a Canadian glass fabrics manufacturer, and CertainTeed, one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction materials with more than 40 factories in the U.S.
"Our attorneys at Duane Morris have the technical knowledge and business savvy to work seamlessly with both our inventors and executives around the world. We trust them to meet the demands of managing the intellectual property of our very large, widespread and varied global operations." - Alex Plache, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, Saint-Gobain Corporation
Duane Morris continues to represent Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., both offensively and defensively, in a series of five separate patent infringement matters against another global media technology company. To date, our client has received a number of favorable decisions establishing that it did not infringe on several patents for television set-top box technology held by its competitor. In another action, our client received a very favorable Markman report in its claim that its competitor infringed upon three of Scientific-Atlanta's patents. Duane Morris is preparing this case as it heads to trial in the Northern District of Georgia.
"As management consultants to companies around the world, our brand name, Hay Group, is a most important asset, second only to our professional staff and employees. We entrust Duane Morris' IP lawyers with the responsibility to protect our brand and our reputation for excellence." - Jeffrey H. Marcus, General Counsel, Hay Group
To preserve the rights to its scientific breakthroughs in DNA testing, genetic profiling and its applications, biotechnology company GeneLink relies on Duane Morris to file and manage all of its patents and trademarks.
"We are confident that Duane Morris' wide range of IP experience, ranging from patent and trademark matters to IP litigation, will fit the needs of our growing business in this unpredictable industry." - John R. DePhillipo, CEO, GeneLink, Inc.
Duane Morris obtained a jury verdict in favor of international jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. in a $45 million copyright infringement and Lanham Act suit. The lawsuit itself helped clarify significant issues for individuals and businesses in the arts and other creative industries concerning how creativity and originality are defined under the Copyright Law. But perhaps most important to our client, the successful defense kept Tiffany & Co.'s sparkling reputation untarnished.
"When our reputation for integrity in product design was questioned, we sought Duane Morris' assistance." - Patrick B. Dorsey, Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel, Tiffany & Co.