Cooper & Dunham LLP

As part of false advertising practice, we evaluate advertisements in all media for false advertising and claim substantiation, and representing clients in disputes, proceedings and litigation in the Federal Trade Commission, Federal District Courts and state courts.

Representative Matters     

Cooper & Dunham LLP is well equipped to serve a variety of both new and mature industries due to our history, creativity and resources.  The firm has been involved in many of the most exciting intellectual property matters in recent history.  The firm's attorneys have aggressively and vigorously pursued our clients' interests without losing sight of the financial impact of our legal costs upon our clients' budgets.

Noteworthy cases Cooper & Dunham has successfully represented include:

• The first case in the United States asserting design patent infringement of bottle designs against parallel imports of premium perfumes.
   
• The university at which Professor Axel conducts research and teaches in licensing numerous manufacturers under a patent, which discovered a method of inserting foreign DNA into eucaryotic cells which could then make valuable pharmaceutical products such as erythropoietin (EPO), granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), and tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) which the cells ordinarily could not make.
   
• The owner of a portfolio of patents covering Cat Scanner X-ray machines.
   
• Frederick Eis on a clarifier thickener apparatus and method used to separate solids from liquid in various industrial processes.
   
• A large direct response marketing company to protect its new safer can opener invention from unfair competition and false advertising.
   
• A major veterinary company confronted with a competing vaccine being made by a competitor which had hired several of its key employees having knowledge of the trade secret process by which the client's vaccine was made.
   
• A client having a portfolio of semiconductor memory patents in licensing and litigation, against some of the world's largest memory chip manufacturers, which generated over $200 million in licensing income.
   
• Obtaining a judgment after a jury trial in Federal District Court sustaining trade dress rights in the configuration of a handbag.
   
• A client accused of infringing medical device patents, and developed on the client' behalf noninfringement and invalidity defenses, enabling the client to negotiate a favorable settlement before trial.
   
• A major global positioning system (GPS) manufacturer; prosecuting and defending patent infringement actions.
   
• A major retailer in a jury trial involving copyrights in fabric designs.

Cooper & Dunham LLP is an intellectual property law firm located in New York City providing legal services for patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, false advertising, computer software/internet protection, and licenses and agreements.  The firm is known for their technical and legal acumen, their team of diversely skilled and experienced lawyers, and their lengthy and successful track record in the growing field of intellectual property law.

Our Partners, Associates, Scientific Advisors, paralegals and support staff cover a broad spectrum of ethnic, racial, religious, intellectual and political backgrounds. Our diversity is a great part of what makes us who we are.