IP Litigation
Novak Druce provides high quality, cost-effective representation in IP litigation matters. Our team represents clients in patent infringement matters, patent appeals, US International Trade Commission (ITC) Section 337 cases, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation.
Novak Druce’s litigators have collectively litigated in excess of 300 patent infringement and other intellectual property cases. Our attorneys have litigated cases in the federal district courts, numerous state courts, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and have substantial experience in common patent litigation venues and in other district courts throughout the United States. Our attorneys also appear before the US International Trade Commission and the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeals Board.
Our team of litigators has extensive ‘big firm’ litigation experience. There are 30 attorneys in our litigation practice, including over a dozen with first chair and second chair trial experience.
This is combined with our deep pool of technical expertise. Over 90% of our attorneys and professionals hold a technical degree and 10 hold a Ph.D. Our team includes engineers, programmers and scientists, many of whom previously worked in industry. It also includes former in-house counsel who’ve managed large IP portfolios and overseen litigation from the inside; hence, we are acutely sensitive to the needs and priorities of our clients.
For our clients, this results in effective and efficient case management. We staff our cases with nimble, highly experienced teams and use the advantage of understanding your technology to develop early case strategies. We believe the goal to the legal work we perform is to resolve our clients’ IP disputes on terms most favorable to them. We understand that our clients are making an investment and use our understanding of which issues are the most case critical to help them intelligently advance the litigation to a favorable outcome.
Our patent litigators have earned a national reputation for successfully litigating patent cases by focusing resources efficiently, developing a comprehensive yet targeted strategy and working closely with clients to manage litigation budgets and avoid unnecessary litigation expenses.
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION AND SECTION 337 EXPERIENCE
Novak Druce has substantial experience representing clients in Section 337 proceedings before the United States International Trade Commission. Our ITC team consists of a dozen litigators representing clients, both complainants and respondents, in both ITC 337 proceedings and parallel district court litigation.
Novak Druce’s most recent ITC investigation was In the Matter of Certain Optoelectronic Devices, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-669 for Complainant Avago Technologies. The Firm achieved a favorable outcome for client Avago Technologies against the Quinn Emanuel and Adduci Mastriani law firms. The ITC issued a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order and concluded this investigation on July 12, 2010.