Intellectual property cases account for more than 50% of our litigation practice. We routinely take high profile patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret cases to trial and win. Indeed, Quinn Emanuel has never lost a patent trial – we have won major patent cases for IBM, AOL, Intuit, Electronic Arts, Nike, Shell Oil, RealNetworks, Johnson Controls and others. We also protect some of the world’s most valuable trademarks, including BARBIE™, HOT WHEELS™, GRAMMY™, OSCAR™, EMMY™, SCRABBLE™, TURBOTAX™, QUICKEN™, NFL™, ESPN™, DALLAS COWBOYS™, WASHINGTON REDSKINS™, and WAL-MART™.
We have also enforced copyrights and defended copyright enforcement actions involving some of the most well known copyrighted images in the world. And our expertise in the discovery and trial of trade secret cases has allowed us to successfully protect the trade secrets of clients around the world.
Patent Litigation
More than half of our IP litigations are patent infringement cases. We are undefeated in patent trials and have also won numerous patent cases before trial.
Our cases are venued in courts throughout the country, including well-known patent venues in California, Texas, Wisconsin, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia. Both large and small companies hire us because we win. We win not only because we understand complex technologies, but because we know how to frame the issues that arise out of those technologies in a manner that judges and jurors will understand.
More than 200 of our lawyers are experienced intellectual property litigators. And more than 70% of our patent litigators are scientists or engineers with the degrees and professional backgrounds that our clients need:
Physics, chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology and biochemistry; computer science, programming, software and database design and information systems; civil, materials, chemical, electrical, environmental, industrial, mechanical, manufacturing, automotive and aeronautical engineering; and missile guidance systems.
We have had substantial experience covering a wide range of technologies, including liquid crystal displays, high-power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETS), DRAMs, semiconductor fabrication processes, semiconductor packaging technologies, high-speed video RAMs used in graphic display systems, Flash memories, deep sea oil drilling platform tendon bottom connection technology, holograms, electronic trip switches, plasmas and LCD displays, microprocessors, and microcomputer systems and peripherals, image scanning and inspection equipment used in semiconductor fabrication and other assembly line manufacturing, hazardous waste remediation equipment, home banking systems, wind turbines, monoclonal antibodies used in biotechnology research, semiconductor testing equipment, electronic controls, and balloon dilatation catheters.
We have handled significant patent matters for IBM, Micron, Samsung, Intuit, Shell Oil, Oracle, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Johnson Controls, Teledyne, Inc., Applied Materials, Inc., Borland Software Corporation, MediaTek, Avery Dennison Corporation, PharmaStem Therapeutics, IDEC Pharmaceuticals and Texas Fluorescence Laboratories, among others.
Trademark and Copyright Litigation
As General Counsel to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for many years, the firm has regularly protected the Academy's intellectual property, including the Academy Awards® telecasts, "Oscar" copyright and design mark, and OSCAR, OSCARS, OSCAR NIGHT and ACADEMY AWARDS trademarks. We also regularly protect the Lockheed Martin SKUNK WORKS and Mattel BARBIE and HOT WHEELS marks nationally.
We have successfully sued "cybersquatters" and others who register Internet domain names in violation of our clients' trademark rights. We have also obtained successful results in trade dress cases.
Our attorneys have litigated numerous copyright ownership and infringement matters for substantial image companies such as Corbis, Disney, Hallmark, Mattel and Warner Home Video.
We regularly obtain restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions prohibiting the unauthorized use of these famous trademarks, as well as orders for the seizure of counterfeit and otherwise infringing goods.
Trade Secret Litigation
We have an extremely strong record in traditional trade secret misappropriation actions. We have represented companies of all sizes in trade secret cases, including General Motors, Shell Oil, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Avery Dennison, Disney, Hughes, IBM, and Mattel, easyJet Airlines and many others.
In addition, in today's competitive environment, employee and executive mobility is on an upswing. Coupled with the relative easy transfer of technology and information, this heightens the risk of misappropriation of confidential information. We take pride in our ability to act against misappropriations quickly, producing high-quality legal work – even overnight. We have obtained temporary restraining orders (with and without notice) as well as preliminary injunctions. And we have an excellent record on the defense side for our clients in diverse areas of technology.
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