Trademark, Copyright and Media Litigation

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Trademark, copyright, and media litigation that defends your brands and creative works through targeted enforcement, infringement defense, and disputes over content, licensing, and reputation.

Your brand and your content are assets worth fighting for, and they are worth fighting for sensibly. We litigate trademark infringement, copyright claims, and media disputes, but we start by asking what a win looks like for you: a takedown, an injunction, damages, or simply making a problem go away quietly. Then we pick the response that fits, in court or out.

Trademark and Brand Disputes

We handle infringement and counterfeiting actions, dilution claims under federal and state law, cybersquatting matters under the ACPA, trade dress disputes, and false advertising claims under the Lanham Act. That work runs across federal courts nationwide and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. We also weigh the business cost of each move, because the loudest enforcement option is not always the one that protects your brand best.

Copyright and Digital Content

Our copyright work covers direct and contributory infringement, DMCA takedowns and safe harbor questions, software copying, and licensing fights in entertainment and publishing. With a background writing software, we are comfortable with the technical questions these cases raise, from how content moves across platforms to what a codebase or dataset actually contains and who has rights to it.

Media and Reputation Matters

We represent clients in defamation and libel actions, right-of-publicity claims, content and licensing disputes, and First Amendment issues. These cases play out in public as much as in the record, so we balance aggressive legal positions against the reputational stakes, coordinating with your communications strategy so the litigation does not create a worse problem than the one it solves.

Enforcement on Your Terms

Not every infringement deserves a lawsuit. We help you build an enforcement plan that protects your rights while keeping costs and business relationships in view, escalating from a demand letter to litigation only when the situation calls for it. The aim is consistent, defensible protection of your marks and works, not a pile of filings.

Frequently asked questions

Infringement is about consumer confusion: customers think your product comes from someone else. Dilution is different and protects only famous marks from being blurred or tarnished, even when no one is actually confused. Because dilution requires proving your mark is genuinely famous, it's a higher bar than a standard infringement claim.

Under the Lanham Act you can recover the infringer's profits, your own damages, and costs, plus attorneys' fees in exceptional cases. If the case involves counterfeiting, you can also seek statutory damages and treble (three times) damages. What you ultimately get depends on the evidence and how willful the conduct was.

The quickest tools are DMCA takedown notices for copyrighted material and the built-in reporting systems on platforms and marketplaces. For infringing domain names, a UDRP proceeding can transfer the domain without a full lawsuit. When the harm is ongoing and serious, we can also go to court for emergency injunctive relief.

You need to show you own a valid copyright and that the defendant copied original parts of your work. You also have to register the copyright before you can file suit, and the timing of that registration affects whether you can get statutory damages and attorneys' fees. Registering early protects those remedies.

Yes, and it's common when one thing is protected by both. A logo, for example, can be a trademark and an original artwork at the same time, so you can pursue claims under both theories. Combining them often strengthens your position and broadens the remedies available.

Expect arguments like fair use (both descriptive and nominative), parody, and First Amendment protection, plus direct attacks on whether your trademark rights are valid in the first place. Knowing which of these the defendant is likely to raise shapes how you build the case. We pressure-test your claim against these defenses before you file.

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