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:

• 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)