Kelley Drye lawyers do much more than protect intellectual property rights: We help our clients pursue business strategies that build profits, strengthen brands, and shape market-leading products and services. As noted in Legal 500, clients say that our attorneys are known for “unparalleled expertise” and “giving the best advice through unshakable teamwork.” Our recent work includes formulating a patent strategy for a start-up, securing trademarks for a growing business, and evaluating a complex technology acquisition for a Fortune 500 company.
We bring in-depth experience in a range of industries – from pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements, to telecommunications and software, to entertainment and publishing, to financial and information services, to manufacturing and consumer goods – in order to deliver effective, cost-efficient legal services.
We bring in-depth experience in a range of industries – from pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements, to telecommunications and software, to entertainment and publishing, to financial and information services, to manufacturing and consumer goods – in order to deliver effective, cost-efficient legal services.
- Litigation – We litigate on clients’ behalf on a range of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition disputes in state and federal courts and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In addition, we draw upon our legal offices or affiliates in Europe and Asia to resolve clients’ multinational fraud, counterfeiting and trade diversion problems. Clients count on us to protect their IP rights fiercely and, whenever possible, to recover damages and the expense of enforcement from their adversaries. Continuity is crucial in legal matters, so we ensure that the same lawyers who counsel a client on securing intellectual property rights also enforce those rights in the event of litigation. We are trial attorneys with deep experience when confronting competitors who seek advantage by infringing upon our clients’ rights. We protect our clients against a variety of legal attacks that seek to stall their business progress or exact financial damages.
- Patents – Our litigation experience informs the way we prepare and prosecute patent applications, allowing us to fine-tune statements and specifications to profoundly impact the scope of claims. We handle Paragraph IV certification for ANDA filings and Hatch-Waxman litigation. Clients appreciate working with attorneys and patent agents who have backgrounds in the pharmaceutical, biotech, electrical, mechanical and chemical arenas. All of our patent professionals have significant experience in industry or academia, possess advanced degrees in technology fields, and are veteran scientists and engineers.
- Trademarks and Copyrights – We help manage the trademark portfolios of Fortune 500 companies, and corporations around the world, we are well versed in the intricacies of the Madrid Protocol, EC trademark protection, and foreign filing issues. We have extensive experience in the acquisition and enforcement of trademarks and copyrights, distribution and licensing arrangements, Internet questions, grey market and counterfeiting problems, marketing practices, and Section 43(a) Lanham Act advertising disputes, and have handled disputes in front of the T.T.A.B. and the courts. The firm’s copyright professionals share this blend of litigation and registration experience, providing clients with copyright strategies, drafting agreements and litigating numerous copyright cases.
- Transactions and Antitrust – We manage the complex IP dimensions of clients’ acquisitions, dispositions, structured financings and restructurings. Money center banks, major investment banking firms, other law firms, and insurance companies rely on our counsel to realize the most value from their IP holdings. Additionally, when antitrust investigations or litigation come into play, we clarify the IP-related factors that lead to faster resolution and restored client momentum – anywhere in the world.
- Internet and E-Commerce – Our clients for many years have relied upon Kelley Drye for counseling, transactions, and litigation in the e-commerce arena. We represent clients in such emerging Internet matters as behavioral targeting networks, search engine advertising and social networking. We understand the fast-developing technologies underlying the new media outlets available to our clients, and recognize the role these properties can play in our clients’ IP portfolios.
- Counseling and Brand Development – Our attorneys, many of whom have practiced in-house during their careers, successfully partner with our clients to build equity in their brands. Kelley Drye attorneys routinely work on-site with our clients to inform the decisions being made by business units. We appreciate the marketplace realities facing our clients, and deliver timely advice to bring new products and services to market.
