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About this office: Finnegan is one of the world's largest intellectual property practices in the U.S. with 375 lawyers. From offices in Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Georgia; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Palo Alto, California; Reston, Virginia; Brussels, Belgium; Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan, the firm practices all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law, including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. The firm also represents clients on IP issues related to international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, and unfair competition. Specific Practice & Industry Groups Details: Statement of Practice Summary: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Chemical IP, Electrical IP, IP Infringement, IP Licensing, IP Litigation, IP Portfolio Management, IP Procurement, IP Rights, International IP, Mechanical IP, Medical IP, Pharmaceutical IP, Biotechnology IP, Information Technology Licensing., Patents, Biochemical Patents, Biotechnology Patent Prosecution, Biotechnology Patents, Business Method Patents, Chemical Patent Prosecution, Chemical Patents, Computer and Software Patents, Computer Architecture Patents, Design Patents, Electrical Patent Prosecution, Electrical Patents, Electro-Mechanical Patents, Electronic Patents, Internet Patents, Mechanical Patent Prosecution, Mechanical Patents, Medical Patents, Metallurgical Patents, Molecular Biology Patents, Patent Applications, Patent Infringement, Patent Interference Practice, Patent Licensing, Patent Litigation, Patent Portfolio Management, Patent Prosecution, Patent Protection, Pharmaceutical Patent Prosecution, Pharmaceutical Patents, Brand Management, Chemical Intellectual Property, Electrical Intellectual Property, Electronic Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Arbitration, Intellectual Property Enforcement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Intellectual Property Licensing, Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property Portfolio Management, Intellectual Property Procurement, Intellectual Property Prosecution, Intellectual Property Rights, Internet Intellectual Property, Literary Property, Mechanical Intellectual Property, Medical Intellectual Property, Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property, Piracy, Proprietary Rights, Theft of Trade Secrets, Trade Secret Misappropriation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Counterfeiting, Internet Trademarks, Lanham Act, Service Marks, Trade Dress, Trade Names, Trademark Arbitration, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Licensing, Trademark Litigation, Trademark Prosecution, Trademark Protection, Trademark Registration, Copyrights, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyright Litigation, Copyright Prosecution, Copyright Protection, Copyright Registration, Internet Copyright Law. Documents by Lawyers at this office Defending Against Trade Secret Misappropriation LawsuitsJohn T. Westermeier, September 16, 2009, previously published by e-Commerce Law & Strategy on April 2009 There are several often-overlooked strategies for defending against trade-misappropriation claims. The first relates to government procurement. I call this strategy the Trade Secret Per Se Doctrine. The second strategy pertains to open-source software. Both of these strategies need to be fully... India's New Patent Regime: Impact on Global PharmasNathan A. Evans, D. Rahul Das, July 29, 2009, previously published by IP Law 360 on March 6, 2008 It has been more than three years since the Indian Parliament passed the latest amendments to the India Patents Act of 1970 aimed at conforming India's patent laws to the requirements set forth by the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property... Will China Become the World Leader in Patent Litigation?Robert L. Burns, July 15, 2009, previously published by Lexis Nexis China Legal Review on December 2007 It is not often that patent litigation is on the menu for a Presidential State Dinner. But that is what happened on November 25, 2007, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chinese President Hu Jintao turned their attention to Chint v. Schneider Electric, one of the most important cases to come... Year Established: 1965 Representative Clients: Caterpillar, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Co.; LG Electronics, Inc; Syngenta Seeds, Inc; U.S. Philips Corp.; Wyeth.
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