Intellectual Property Litigation
Your greatest chance of success in IP litigation depends on lawyers who know how to handle these cases and who understand your business objectives.
The Haynes and Boone IP litigation team has a long and proven track record both in the United States and abroad of delivering favorable outcomes for our clients, whether they’re large multinational corporations, emerging businesses or established mid-sized companies.
We have a large team solely dedicated to IP litigation, and it’s reflected in our clients’ numerous successes. Our team encompasses patent lawyers, trademark lawyers and experienced trial lawyers who handle cases before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in federal courts, as well as state venues, foreign jurisdictions and arbitration panels.
We represent clients in every variety of IP litigation matters, including:
- Patent, trademark and copyright infringement
- Trade secret misappropriation
- Internet, social media and domain name disputes
- Post-grant proceedings and trademark oppositions
- International Trade Commission Section 337 actions
- Technology transactions
Our IP litigation team members know the science and technology involved in these matters, and we know how to explain complicated topics to judges and juries for the greatest benefit to our clients. Many of our skilled trial lawyers also have technical backgrounds, either as licensed patent attorneys or with experience working at the USPTO and as engineers or in-house counsel at leading technology companies.
Haynes Boone represented a cloud services provider in a lawsuit against an accounting firm. Our client terminated services to defendant as a result of nonpayment by the company, per the terms outlined in its contract with our client. In a trial in Harris County District Court in July 2021, our clien [...]
Represented Panasonic Avionics Corporation in defending a patent infringement suit brought by Linksmart Wireless Technology, LLC. The Haynes Boone team obtained favorable rulings for PAC in claim construction and regarding intervening rights related to the reissue patent that plaintiff asserts. We s [...]
Representing a telecommunications company in advertising disputes before the National Advertising Division (NAD).
Represented Revolution Resource Recovery Inc. in a trademark cancellation dispute over the brand name for its bottled water product.
Represented an international private label apparel manufacturer in a contract dispute with a U.S.-based distributer.
Brought claims in California federal court against competitors for allegedly knocking off the product design and branding of client Benebone, a leading dog chew toy brand. The claims at issue included trade dress infringement, design patent infringement, and violations of California state unfair com [...]
Represented Table De France in a multi-district trade dress infringement dispute relating to the swirl design on rolled wafer cookies.
Represented a telecommunications company in a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) opposition proceeding against a competitor.
Successfully defended defamation claim against magazine client regarding article discussing arson murder of prominent Dallas attorney in his garage. When case was initially filed in Florida federal court, we obtained dismissal or personal jurisdiction grounds, and when case was refiled in Texas fede [...]
Represented Pacific Northwest College of Art against claims of copyright infringement arising from the use of music on a number of YouTube videos.
A Hayne Boone team led by Partner Stephanie Sivinski persuaded the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a rare defense judgment the firm won in an IP jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas. The Federal Circuit also reversed a smaller breach-of-contract judgment against our client, resulting in a complete defense victory in this bet-the-company case. After a weeklong trial before Chief [...]
Texas Super Lawyers Lists 24 Haynes Boone Attorneys as 2024 Rising Stars
March 22, 2024
