Litigation and Infringement

Infringement Consulting is extremely important in Intellectual Property law. As just noted on our page on Legal Opinions, if you are involved in litigation and are found to be willfully infringing a patent your damages could be greatly increased. A thorough investigation of your product and the other products in the industry, combined with a well drafted legal opinion could limit your exposure and ultimately could minimize the damages you could face. Our goal is to prevent infringement and any suits brought against you. If we feel that you are not infringing we will do everything possible to protect you.

If you have intellectual property that you believe is being infringed we will work with you to resolve any and all issues that may arise. If you believe your patent is being infringed you have several options. First, you could attempt to license that product to the infringer. This is done by contacting the infringer and by negotiating a settlement agreement followed by a comprehensive license agreement. It may also be possible to obtain damages for past infringement. Alternatively, you could attempt to prevent the infringer from infringing. This can be accomplished in several ways. A cease and desist letter could be issued followed by negotiations. If the infringer is not compliant or fails to respond then litigation is another available avenue. Suit could be brought in the Federal Court or if it is an international issue a case could be brought before the International Trade Commission. This second method is extremely fast and very effective.