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Intellectual property has become an increasingly
important asset for many businesses that needs to be protected from
infringement. It has also become a platform for some firms to use
in an effort to suppress their competitors. Although we do not prosecute
patents or register copyrights, LITCHFIELD CAVO
litigators represent owners of intellectual property in enforcing
their rights and defend individuals and firms accused of infringing
intellectual property rights. Many of our defenses arise out of
the advertising injury coverage provided by modern general liability
insurance policies.
Our Firm represents intellectual property owners and alleged infringers
in a broad variety of intellectual property areas:
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- Copyright Infringement
- Trademark Infringement
- Patent Infringement
- Trade Secrets
- Unfair Competition
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Examples of some of our recent representations
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- Representation of a homebuilder accused
of re-using purchased architectural designs (copyright infringement)
- Representation of a manufacturer of office
supplies accused of copying product designs (copyright and patent
infringement)
- Representation of a distributor of medical
products who hired a competitor’s salesperson (trade secrets)
- Representation of an equipment renting company
accused both of placing a competitor’s product cover on
its own products (trademark infringement) and removing the cover
from products purchased from the competitor during refurbishing
of used products (unfair competition: reverse passing-off)
- Representation of a manufacturer of industrial
equipment whose competitor copied portion’s of the manufacturer’s
product catalog for its own catalog (copyright infringement)
- Representation of a real estate developer
whose company name was similar to the name of an automobile brand
(trademark infringement)
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In addition, LITCHFIELD CAVO
is called upon to act as coverage counsel in connection with claims
under primary and excess policies to evaluate and analyze insurance
policies to determine whether coverage is provided for claims of
intellectual property infringement. |
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