Practices

Intellectual property and technology law is what we do all day: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and the contracts that move technology between companies, handled by attorneys who built software before they practiced law.

Copyright protection secures your rights in software, writing, music, art, and digital content, and we handle the registration, licensing, and enforcement that turn authorship into a controllable, monetizable asset.

General IP counsel ties your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets into one coherent strategy, so your protection lines up with your business goals instead of accumulating filings without a plan.

Information technology law covers how you buy, build, and run your systems, and we handle the software licenses, cloud agreements, outsourcing deals, and IT governance that keep those systems on solid legal footing.

Internet law governs the legal side of online business, from e-commerce and digital content to platform liability and domain disputes, and we help you build and operate online ventures that hold up to scrutiny.

IP and IT in corporate transactions means handling the intellectual property and technology side of your M&A, investments, and financings, where these assets often drive the value and hide the biggest risks.

Patent counseling and transactions help you build, manage, and leverage a patent portfolio through prosecution strategy, freedom-to-operate and patentability analysis, opinions, licensing, and post-grant proceedings, all from attorneys with real technical backgrounds.

Patent litigation demands lawyers who can read both the code and the claim charts. We try infringement and validity cases in federal court, the ITC, and the PTAB, turning hard technology into arguments judges and juries follow.

Privacy and data security work that engineers can actually implement: we build compliance programs for GDPR, CCPA, and state privacy laws, harden how you handle data, and run point when a breach hits.

Right of publicity protects the commercial value of your name, image, likeness, and voice. We help talent and estates license and enforce those rights, and help brands use them without getting sued.

Trademarks turn your reputation into a protectable asset. We clear and register marks, manage portfolios across markets, license your brand, and enforce against copycats so your name keeps working for you.

Trade secrets protect the formulas, code, processes, and customer data that give you an edge. We build the safeguards that keep that information secret and enforce your rights fast when someone walks off with it.

IP litigation across patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, led by former software engineers who understand the technology under dispute and translate it into arguments that move judges, juries, and the PTAB.

Trademark litigation covering infringement, dilution, and unfair competition in federal court and TTAB proceedings, protecting the brand equity and goodwill your name carries through fast, focused enforcement and defense.

Copyright litigation for creative and technical works alike, from software and source code to music, visual art, and digital content, enforcing your rights or defending your use with remedies that include statutory damages and fees.

Copyright registration strategy and prosecution that turns automatic protection into enforceable rights, unlocking statutory damages, attorneys' fees, and the standing you need to sue for infringement of your creative works.

Copyright licensing that turns creative works into revenue, structuring publishing agreements, software licenses, and content distribution deals that protect what you own while building durable relationships with the people who use it.

Copyright enforcement that protects the value of your creative work, from cease and desist letters and DMCA takedowns to federal court litigation seeking injunctions, damages, and recovery of the infringer's profits.

DMCA compliance and enforcement counsel for platforms and creators, covering safe harbor qualification, takedown and counter-notification practice, anti-circumvention exposure under Section 1201, and content moderation policy.

Strategic IP counseling across patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, building an integrated protection strategy tied to your business goals so your IP spend creates value instead of just accumulating registrations.

IP portfolio management that turns scattered patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets into a coordinated asset, with audits, prosecution oversight, and cost decisions that keep protection aligned with where your business is headed.

IP due diligence for M&A, investments, and financings that pressure-tests ownership, validity, enforceability, and freedom to operate, giving you the clear-eyed risk picture you need before you sign and wire funds.

IP opinion letters on patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom to operate, written to hold up under scrutiny, support real business decisions, and establish the good-faith reliance that can defeat a willfulness claim.

Software agreements drafted and negotiated by lawyers who have shipped code: licenses, custom development, maintenance, distribution, escrow, and open source terms that protect your rights while letting the deal get done.

SaaS and cloud contracts negotiated from both sides of the table, covering service levels, data ownership and portability, security and privacy compliance, business continuity, and exit rights so your subscription does not become a trap.

IT outsourcing agreements for managed services, infrastructure, and business process deals, structured and negotiated so multi-year relationships deliver the cost and performance you signed up for, with clean exits when they do not.

Cloud computing counsel across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, covering provider negotiations, data governance, security and regulatory compliance, business continuity, and multi-cloud strategy so your move to the cloud holds up technically and legally.

Domain name disputes can hijack your brand's most important online address, and we recover lost domains and shut down cybersquatters through UDRP, URS, ACPA litigation, and direct negotiation.

Social media law touches everything from influencer disclosures to content moderation and employee posts, and we help you market and operate across platforms without tripping advertising rules, IP claims, or employment law.

Terms of service set the legal ground rules between you and every user, and we draft and implement agreements that hold up in court while protecting your business and preserving the flexibility you need.

Patent prosecution turns your inventions into enforceable rights, and our engineer-trained attorneys draft strong claims and work them through the USPTO and foreign offices to secure protection that matches your competitive goals.

Patent licensing turns your patents into revenue or access, and we structure and negotiate licenses, cross-licenses, and settlements that hit your commercial goals while protecting your core interests on either side of the deal.

Patent portfolio strategy turns scattered filings into a coordinated competitive asset, and we help you build and manage a portfolio aligned with your business goals that deters rivals and creates real leverage.

Freedom-to-operate analysis tells you whether a planned product risks infringing someone else's patents, and our engineer-trained attorneys identify the threats, assess the real risk, and lay out ways to clear your path before launch.

IP due diligence for mergers and acquisitions tells you exactly what intellectual property you're buying, how strong it is, and what risks ride along with it, so you can price the deal and structure protections with eyes open.

IP licensing transactions turn patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets into revenue or access, and we structure the grant, royalties, and exit terms so the deal makes money without giving away the rights that matter.

IP joint ventures let companies pool technology and reach, and we structure the contributions, ownership of jointly developed IP, and exit terms so the partnership works without handing over the assets you brought to the table.

IP financing turns patents, trademarks, and royalty streams into capital through IP-backed lending, sale-leasebacks, and royalty monetization, and we structure these deals to unlock cash while managing the perfection, valuation, and bankruptcy risks unique to IP collateral.

District court patent litigation is where most infringement fights are decided, and we handle these cases in federal courts nationwide from early assessment through claim construction, trial, and appeal, pairing real technical fluency with courtroom advocacy.

ITC patent proceedings under Section 337 offer fast, powerful relief against infringing imports, and we represent complainants seeking exclusion orders and respondents defending against investigations before the International Trade Commission.

PTAB reviews let you challenge or defend patent validity through inter partes review, post-grant review, and related proceedings, and we handle both sides before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, often in coordination with parallel district court litigation.

Federal Circuit appeals decide the fate of patent verdicts, claim constructions, and PTAB and ITC rulings, and we build the record, briefs, and oral argument needed to defend a win or reverse a loss.

Privacy compliance programs that satisfy GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and the growing stack of state privacy laws while still letting you use the data your business runs on, built around your actual data flows.

Data breach response counsel for the moments that count, from containment and forensic investigation through notification deadlines under GDPR and state laws, regulator engagement, and defense of the litigation that often follows.

GDPR and CCPA compliance guidance that turns the EU's data protection rules and California's consumer privacy laws, plus the state laws following CCPA's model, into data practices your teams can actually run and defend.

Data governance frameworks that let you treat data as the asset it is, setting policies for classification, quality, access, and retention so your teams can use data confidently while staying inside legal and regulatory lines.

Right of publicity licensing turns name, image, and likeness into revenue through endorsement, merchandising, and appearance deals structured to pay you fairly while keeping control over how your brand and reputation get used.

Right of publicity enforcement shuts down unauthorized commercial use of your name, image, and likeness through monitoring, cease and desist demands, platform takedowns, and litigation when someone profits off your identity without permission.

Right of publicity counseling that helps talent and brands clear, license, and protect name, image, and likeness across a patchwork of state laws, so you can act with confidence instead of guesswork.

Right of publicity litigation that prosecutes and defends claims over unauthorized commercial use of name, image, and likeness in state and federal courts, with First Amendment defenses and hard-nosed damages work.

E-commerce law for online sellers, marketplaces, and platforms covering consumer protection, terms of service, payment processing, platform liability, and cross-border sales, so your storefront launches and scales without legal landmines.

Trademark coexistence agreements that let parties with similar marks operate side by side within negotiated boundaries, sparing you the cost and uncertainty of litigation while protecting your brand and your room to grow.

Trademark registration covering clearance, mark selection, and prosecution before the USPTO and foreign offices, turning your brand into federally registered rights with nationwide priority and stronger remedies against infringers.

Trademark licensing that structures and negotiates brand licenses, merchandising, and co-branding deals to generate revenue while holding the quality control that keeps your trademark rights from slipping away.

Trademark enforcement that defends your brand through monitoring, cease and desist campaigns, TTAB oppositions and cancellations, online takedowns, and anti-counterfeiting action, so infringers do not get to dilute what you built.

Trade secret protection programs give your company a repeatable system for identifying, classifying, and locking down confidential information, so secrecy holds up day to day and your protections stand up in court if someone steals it.

Trade secret audits pressure-test your existing protections, surface the gaps a competitor or departing employee could exploit, and give you a prioritized fix list so your confidential information stays legally defensible as your business changes.

NDA drafting and review gets you confidentiality agreements that actually hold up, defining what is protected, who can use it, and what happens on breach across hiring, deals, and partnerships, without blocking the information sharing your business needs.

Trade secret litigation lets you stop misappropriation fast and recover what it cost you, prosecuting or defending claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and state law, including emergency injunctions and damages in departing-employee disputes.

E-commerce legal counsel keeps your online store enforceable and compliant, covering checkout contracts, consumer protection and advertising rules, payment processing, marketplace liability, and privacy, so you can sell and scale without inviting claims.

DMCA counsel covers both sides of digital copyright, from sending and answering takedown notices to keeping your platform inside safe harbor and handling Section 1201 anti-circumvention, so rights holders can enforce and service providers stay protected.

Labor and employment law touches every hire, policy, and termination, and we counsel employers on day-to-day compliance and high-stakes disputes so your workplace stays lawful, your handbook holds up, and your people decisions do not become lawsuits.

Employment contracts that hold up: we draft and negotiate offer letters, employment agreements, separation deals, and executive compensation so you can hire confidently, set clear expectations, and keep your business protected.

Leave law compliance made manageable: we advise employers on the FMLA, the ADA, and state leave statutes so you can handle leave requests, intermittent absences, and reinstatement without tripping over overlapping rules.

Employment issues in IP and technology deals: we handle workforce diligence, employee transitions, benefit plan questions, and post-closing integration so labor risk does not derail your acquisition or its value.

Employment issues in bankruptcy: we advise debtors, creditors, and acquirers on WARN Act notice, rejecting collective bargaining agreements, employee priority claims, and workforce transitions when a company is in distress.

Employment policies and procedures that work in practice: we draft handbooks, workplace policies, and procedures that meet federal, state, and local requirements while keeping your management flexible and your litigation risk low.

Employee discipline done defensibly: we advise employers on performance management, progressive discipline, documentation, and termination decisions so you can hold people accountable without handing them a wrongful-termination claim.

Internal investigations that stand up to scrutiny: we conduct independent, prompt workplace investigations into harassment, discrimination, and misconduct, delivering findings you can act on and defend.

Recruitment and hiring counsel that builds compliant job postings, background checks, interviews, offer letters, and onboarding so your selection process attracts the right people without inviting discrimination or misclassification claims.

Discrimination defense for employers facing claims based on race, sex, age, disability, religion, and other protected traits under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and state law, plus the compliance work that prevents claims from starting.

Harassment defense and prevention for employers, covering workplace policies, training, complaint investigations, and remedial action that limit liability for sexual and other harassment and give you a credible defense when claims arise.

Retaliation defense for employers facing claims tied to protected activity such as discrimination complaints, whistleblowing, and leave requests, with practical advice on handling those situations so a later adverse action does not look like payback.

Restrictive covenants and confidentiality counsel that drafts and enforces non-compete, non-solicitation, NDA, and invention-assignment agreements, protecting your trade secrets and customer relationships while keeping the terms enforceable under shifting state law.

Employee data monitoring and workplace privacy counsel covering electronic surveillance, personnel records, and data protection, helping you monitor for legitimate business reasons while meeting notice, consent, and privacy obligations.

Termination, layoff, and plant-closing counsel guiding employers through individual firings, reductions in force, and facility shutdowns with WARN Act compliance and separation strategies that cut litigation risk on the way out.

Employment litigation defense that protects your business when discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or wrongful termination claims land you in court, arbitration, or before an agency.

Labor relations counsel for employers facing union organizing, collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, and unfair labor practice charges under the National Labor Relations Act.

Workplace safety and OSHA compliance counsel that helps you build defensible safety programs, manage incident investigations, and contest OSHA citations and injury claims.

Wage and hour compliance and defense covering FLSA and state law, including overtime, minimum wage, employee classification, and the collective actions those issues invite.

Employment immigration counsel that secures work authorization for your foreign national hires through H-1B, L-1, O-1, and other visas, and keeps your I-9 program audit-ready.

International arbitration gives cross-border disputes a neutral forum and an enforceable award. We represent companies, investors, and states in commercial, investment, and construction arbitrations under the major institutional and ad hoc rules.

Arbitral award challenges turn on narrow grounds and short deadlines. We move to vacate, annul, or set aside flawed awards, and we defend awards against attack, in courts in the United States and abroad.

Arbitration agreements decide where, how, and under what rules your disputes get resolved, and we draft and negotiate clauses tailored to your deal, your industry, and the fights most likely to actually happen.

Arbitrator appointments often decide the case before the first hearing, so we build your selection strategy and run the nomination process to put qualified, well-suited decision-makers on your tribunal.

Commencing an arbitration the right way sets the tone for the entire case, so we handle pre-arbitration conditions, drafting, and filing to launch your proceeding cleanly and position your claims from day one.

Conflicts of law questions can quietly determine the outcome of an international arbitration, so we resolve which substantive law, procedural law, and law governing the arbitration agreement actually apply to your dispute.

Costs and funding can make or break the decision to pursue a dispute, so we help you budget arbitration expenses, argue cost allocation, address security for costs, and structure third-party funding for international cases.

Enforcement turns an arbitral award into real recovery, so we pursue recognition and enforcement of awards under the New York Convention and other regimes in courts worldwide, and defend you against enforcement of adverse awards.

Institutional and ad hoc arbitration each offer distinct trade-offs in cost, control, and support, and we help you choose the right framework and represent you effectively whether your case is administered or self-run.

Interim measures keep a dispute from going sideways before the tribunal can decide it, and we pursue and defend emergency relief, preliminary injunctions, security for claims, and asset preservation orders so your position holds.

Investment treaty arbitration lets investors hold host states accountable for expropriation and unfair treatment, and we represent investors and states in claims under bilateral investment treaties, free trade agreements, and investment contracts before ICSID and other tribunals.

Jurisdictional issues decide whether your dispute belongs in arbitration at all, and we challenge and defend tribunal authority on arbitration agreement validity, the scope of arbitrable claims, party consent, and competence-competence.

Multiparty arbitration brings tangled webs of contracts and parties into one proceeding, and we handle joinder, consolidation, multi-contract claims, and the consent and constitution issues that make multi-party disputes hard to run.

Arbitration procedure and evidence are largely yours to shape, and we craft document production, witness and expert strategy, and hearing plans under institutional and ad hoc rules to put your strongest case in front of the tribunal.

Remedies are the whole point of an arbitration, and we build strategies to win damages, specific performance, declaratory relief, interest, and costs, while cutting down inflated claims aimed at your side.

Litigation across commercial disputes, IP, and employment, handled by attorneys with engineering backgrounds who try high-stakes cases in federal and state court, arbitration, and agency proceedings.

Commencement and pleadings work that sets your litigation up to win, from forum selection and complaint drafting to answers, counterclaims, and early motions that frame the dispute on your terms.

Removal lets a defendant move a lawsuit from state to federal court, and our litigators handle both sides: timely, well-grounded notices of removal and aggressive remand motions when the other side oversteps.

Discovery is where most cases are won or lost, and we run document production, depositions, interrogatories, and e-discovery to surface the evidence you need while keeping the cost of getting there under control.

Evidence rules decide what the jury ever hears, and we handle admissibility, authentication, expert testimony, and motions in limine so your strongest proof comes in and the other side's damaging material stays out.

Motions can end a case early or steer where it goes, and we draft and argue the full range, from motions to dismiss and summary judgment to preliminary injunctions and the day-to-day procedural motions that keep a case on track.

Trial and post-trial work demands lawyers who can actually try a case, and our trial attorneys bring first-chair jury and bench experience plus the post-verdict motions and judgment work that turn a win into a result that sticks.

A judgment is only worth what you can collect, and we handle entry, modification, enforcement, and satisfaction so your win becomes money in hand or the relief the court ordered, not just a piece of paper.

Appeals can lock in a win or reverse a loss, and our appellate lawyers handle federal and state appeals across our practice areas, framing the record and the law to protect favorable outcomes and challenge adverse ones.

Arbitration advocacy under AAA, JAMS, and other rules that treats the hearing room like the high-stakes proceeding it is, giving you the same rigor as court litigation tuned to a faster, more private forum.

Class action defense built around defeating certification, protecting companies in consumer, securities, employment, and privacy class actions where the difference between one plaintiff and a nationwide class can decide your exposure.

Antitrust litigation covering monopolization, price-fixing, and merger challenges, with real footing at the IP and antitrust intersection where patent licensing, standards, and refusals to deal collide with competition law.

Securities litigation and SEC enforcement defense for companies and individuals facing securities fraud claims, shareholder class actions, and insider trading investigations, with a strategy built around your real exposure and your goals.

Specialized litigation for product liability, professional liability, and complex commercial disputes that fall outside ordinary contract fights, handled by trial counsel who learn your facts before they file anything.

General litigation that handles your business disputes head-on, from contract claims and business torts to partnership breakups, with technically fluent lawyers who learn your operation fast and argue it persuasively.

Corporate law for technology companies: formation and governance, financings, mergers and acquisitions, and the shareholder and governance disputes that follow, handled by attorneys who understand the IP and the product at the center of the deal.