Regularly handle general business litigation of all types, contract disputes, commercial real estate disputes, business related fraud.

High dollar collection activities for clients with seven figure judgments.

Robust practice in defense of lawyers in professional liability claims, particularly those with an intellectual property component.  Successful outcomes in jury trials, and arbitrations.

Handled well over 50 cases involving claims against employees who changed employment and were accused of taking confidential information of their former employer.  Have represented employers and employees in these cases which often involve seeking or resisting Temporary Restraining Orders and injunctions.  Many of these cases were resolved on summary judgment, and some resolved by trial.

Handled numerous adversary proceedings before the TTAB.

Obtained injunctive relief, and ultimately favorable resolution of an action which accused a client’s competitor of copyright infringement in the format and layout of the structure of a searchable database, while at the same time obtaining summary judgment on the competitor’s antitrust counter-claim.

Obtained injunctive relief, and ultimately a favorable resolution of the action for a client in a case involving copyright violations incident to theft of database case. The parties had collaborated on a business venture which required sharing of data for a specific project.  We proved that following the project, the contracting party had retained and used our client’s data to fill in gaps in the contracting party’s database.

Successfully handled two 146 actions in District Court following decisions by the Board of Patent Interference, wrote the briefs and argued the appeal before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal

Obtained  summary judgment of literal infringement in favor of an inventor on a patent for a commercial product in wide use.

Obtained summary judgment in favor of client who was accused of infringement of a patent for a method of searching data, as well as summary judgment on related trade secret and breach of contract claims.

Successfully defended two employees through a favorable jury verdict who were accused of complicity in a case involving misappropriation of trade secret paint formulas.

Tried to a jury a misappropriation of trade secrets claim involving the purported theft of an idea for a product.  After a hung jury, persuaded the trial court to award judgment as a matter of law, affirmed on appeal.

Successfully represented a manufacturer of halal foods in a challenge to its trademark.

Representing a manufacturer of mystical candles in litigation in Federal Court to protect its trademarks.

Successfully represented a major producer of salsa in litigation to protect their thermometer trademark.