In a business climate driven by constant innovation and commercialized information, protecting intellectual property is critical to success. Our intellectual property litigation team works with clients ranging from emerging visionaries to market-leading corporations to support and defend the ideas, designs, and processes that are the lifeblood of their business.

How We Help Clients

  • Prosecute and defend claims of infringement or misappropriation of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and ideas
  • Provide informed counsel and staunch advocacy for our clients through the litigation process from strategy development and pre-litigation investigations all the way through litigation and appeals
  • Create and utilize multidisciplinary teams to ensure matters are handled effectively and efficiently for clients
  • Work closely with attorneys at our firm who have advanced degrees or industry experience in engineering, chemistry, biological sciences, and other subject areas to bring a thorough understanding of our clients’ business, technology, and objectives.

Who We Are

Hodgson Russ has been awarded a prestigious "Best Law Firms" Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report in the Litigation - Intellectual Property category.

We represent clients in numerous industries, including:

  • Biotechnology
  • Manufacturing
  • Chemical engineering
  • Software
  • Children’s products
  • Entertainment and media
  • Financial services
  • Food & Beverage
  • Medical products and devices 
  • Nanotechnology
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Solar technology
  • Ballistic technology and fabrics
  • And more

Our clients benefit from our extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in matters involving all forms of intellectual property, including:

  • Representing clients in patent infringement matters involving a diverse range of products and services (including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, sports equipment, genetic testing, linguistic search engine technology, and nanoparticle coatings, to name just a few)
  • Representing clients in proceedings before the International Trade Commission, the agency which adjudicates disputes over imported goods that infringe U.S. patents, trademarks and copyrights
  • Bringing and defending challenges to domain names (ICANN and federal court proceedings)
  • Bringing and defending trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
  • Conducting jury and bench trials of patent, trademark, and misappropriation claims in state and federal courts
  • Obtaining preliminary injunctions
  • Working with patent prosecutors on re-examination proceedings and inter partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the USPTO

Whether counseling on protection strategies in the conference room or defending our clients’ interests in the courtroom, the Hodgson Russ intellectual property litigation team provides sophisticated and cost-effective legal services focused on helping clients achieve their business objectives. Without the high price tag that generally comes with firms headquartered in larger cities, our attorneys have the breadth and depth of knowledge and experience necessary to help our clients protect their intellectual property rights and strengthen their competitiveness.

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Podcasts

  • Using Australian Expedited Examination to Accelerate Your Global Patent Portfolio

    Australia is a big country (a continent, in fact), but it’s position in the global semiconductor market is not nearly as large.  Even though the Australian semiconductor industry is small, nestled in the country’s unique patent examination system is a pathway to accelerate examination of your global patent portfolio.  Expedited examination in Australia is free and can be requested in many situations.  It also can result in a granted patent in less than one year from the request.  Elizabeth and Nathaniel are joined on this episode by Paul Davis and Fraser Smith from Davis IP to discuss how a positive result down under can then be used to accelerate patent examination in other jurisdictions.  They also talked about how navigate Australia’s acceptance window during patent examination and some upcoming changes to the fee structure for Australian patent applications.

  • Litigation Finance: Impact to the Semiconductor Space

    Cost can be a limiting factor (or even THE limiting factor) when considering a patent infringement lawsuit. Staying under a million dollars in legal spending can be considered a victory of sorts for complex matters. That is a huge impediment to small companies and entrepreneurs. On this episode, we explore an alternative that may help level the playing field across high-tech industries: litigation funding. Nathaniel Lucek and Elizabeth Morris are joined by Justin Maleson from Longford Capital to discuss how litigation funding works and what makes an interesting case for a litigation funder.

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