Intellectual Property Litigation

At Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem we realize the importance of intellectual property to enterprises of all sizes in today’s environment. Perhaps you are a small start-up business, whose single most important asset is a patent or trade secret. Or you may be a multinational corporation, whose patent and trademark portfolios are products of years of costly research and advertising, and which may also provide the currency for continued development of new products through cross licensing. Then again you may be a company of modest size, whose legitimate business goals appear blocked by a patent of dubious validity or enforceability. Hardly anyone in business today can avoid issues regarding intellectual property, whether they involve patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets and the related area of noncompete agreements. We understand the issues you face and are committed to achieving your business goals when they require litigation of intellectual property matters.

Listed below are just some of the matters handled by our team of talented lawyers in the IP area:

• Enforcement in federal courts of California and Colorado of pioneer patents for voice mail and automated attendant, including defense of the patents against challenges to their validity and multi-million dollar settlements of actions against alleged infringers.
• Representation of client in a multi-week trial resulting in jury verdict and judgment declaring a patent invalid and unenforceable on five separate grounds.
• Participation in obtaining summary judgment holding a patent obtained by a subsidiary of a major oil company unenforceable based on inequitable conduct.
• Participation in obtaining summary judgment against the holder of a purported copyright asserted against many of the major automobile dealers in Texas.
• Representation of both large corporations and start-ups in numerous TRO hearings and temporary injunction trials involving non-compete agreements and alleged theft of trade secrets.
• Representation of a major golf equipment manufacturer in stopping the advertisement of golf clubs that allegedly infringed the client’s federally registered trademark.
• Appeal of a patent case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.