Intellectual Property

Overview

Our attorneys are not only legal advisors, but also investors and entrepreneurs within the venture community. Our team’s combination of hands-on experience, market knowledge, and business acumen gives our attorneys an insider’s perspective on the most productive and profitable ways to invent, monetize, finance, and defend the most innovative products and services.

We partner with companies at all stages of the corporate lifecycle, counseling founders, entrepreneurs, and investors in the development and protection of their intellectual property.

Our attorneys:

Advise on the many different IP issues that can arise in the context of complex corporate transactions, such as licensing, outsourcing, and landscape analysis
Conduct proactive due diligence and risk management for all kinds of strategic investments, including private equity, venture capital, and M&A, in order to anticipate and circumvent potential hurdles and realize our clients’ business objectives
Leverage a collaborative approach across the firm’s corporate and litigation practices for optimal efficiency
Counsel on trademarks and copyright issues, privacy and cybersecurity, and patent applications and prosecutions, as well as transactional and litigation issues
Represent U.S., global, and internationally based companies spanning a multitude of industries, including fintech, life sciences, software, big data, blockchain, media and entertainment, beauty, fashion, and consumer products
Hold degrees in biology, chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, and computer science, among other specialties.

Commercial Contracts

IP & Tech Transactions

Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Patent Counseling & Prosecution

Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets & Advertising

Practice Leadership

Mark P. Kesslen
Partner
Chair, Intellectual Property Group

Vanessa A. Ignacio
Partner
Chair, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets & Advertising

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Mary J. Hildebrand CIPP/US/E/AIGP
Of Counsel
Founder & Chair Emeritus, Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice

Amy S. Mushahwar
Partner
Chair, Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Marina Portnova
Partner
Chair, Software & Electronics

Matt Savare
Partner
Chair, Commercial Contracts

EXPERIENCE

Represented a leading public university in defending an antitrust, RICO, and declaratory judgment action in which plaintiff alleged that the university had fraudulently obtained certain patents and entered into exclusive license agreements premised on those patents. Motion to dismiss granted.
Defended Rutgers University in a patent and antitrust matter in which a terminated patent licensee sued Rutgers to invalidate 24 of Rutgers' patents, and asserted antitrust and RICO claims based on alleged anticompetitive licensing practices and unlawful enforcement of invalid patents. Case was dismissed in a published decision, Jersey Asparagus Farms, Inc. v. Rutgers Univ., 803 F. Supp. 2d 295 (D.N.J. 2011), which was not appealed.
Prevailed at jury trial in obtaining for Joyal Products an $18 million judgment of patent infringement against a Chinese motor manufacturer; after successfully defending an appeal of the judgment before the Federal Circuit, settled for more than the amount of the judgment.
Represented an international corporation to preserve its right as a licensee of intellectual property.
Represents an international corporation in a high-stakes federal litigation relating to copyright infringement and unfair competition allegations.
Achieved a favorable ruling for Rutgers University against Scan-Tech following a nine-week bench trial in which the court ruled in favor of Rutgers' claim for money damages and dismissed the defendant's counterclaim for the misappropriation of trade secrets related to cutting-edge X-ray technologies that are now used in airports.
Successfully defended a subsidiary of Warner Music Group against copyright, trademark, and breach of license agreement claims brought by the Estate of Frank Zappa relating to digital distribution rights; obtained summary judgment on counterclaims finding that the plaintiff had infringed the record label's rights, which led to a settlement.
Litigated and settled numerous cases on behalf of many clients in patent infringement litigations brought by non-practicing patent-holding corporations throughout the U.S.
Represented Rutgers University for many years in disputes with licensees of Rutgers' patent rights.
Successfully defended the estate of the deceased inventor of the popular Super Soaker water gun against claims of theft of ideas and trade secret misappropriation, obtaining summary judgment dismissing all claims against our client.
Successfully defended retailer Daffy's against trademark infringement and counterfeiting claims by Gucci. After a bench trial finding Daffy's to be an innocent infringer and denying Gucci's requests for an accounting of profits, a recall, and a permanent injunction, successfully defended the judgment on appeal, reported at Gucci America, Inc. v. Daffy's, Inc., 354 F.3d 258 (3d Cir. 2003).
Prevailed for Joyal Products following a 50-day hearing in an AAA international arbitration. The panel ruled that the respondent violated a trade secret and know-how license that Joyal granted to Axis, an Italian company, in connection with Axis's purchase of commutator fusing machines for incorporation in the automated assembly machinery that it manufactured.
Prevailed in a jury trial on Joyal Products's patent infringement claim against Johnson Electric Company, including willful infringement, resulting in the court awarding all our attorneys' fees and trebling the jury verdict.
Settled a bitterly fought patent case for Dicar after defeating Stafford Products Inc.'s antitrust claims.
Coordinating the litigation defense of a $150 million copyright claim brought against SNL Financial in New Jersey federal court.
Successfully represented a record label in a case involving copyright and trademark infringement, breach of contract, and related claims brought by a major recording artist. The case settled favorably for our client.

OUR TEAM

Kevin O. Grange
Partner

Vanessa A. Ignacio
Partner

Matt Savare
Partner

Bryan Sterba
Partner

Nathan O. Greene
Senior Counsel

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NEWS & INSIGHTS

Practice Leadership

Mark P. Kesslen
Partner
Chair, Intellectual Property Group

Vanessa A. Ignacio
Partner
Chair, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets & Advertising

Mary J. Hildebrand CIPP/US/E/AIGP
Of Counsel
Founder & Chair Emeritus, Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice

Amy S. Mushahwar
Partner
Chair, Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Marina Portnova
Partner
Chair, Software & Electronics

Matt Savare
Partner
Chair, Commercial Contracts

Honors & Awards

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business: (2018-2019):
Ranked in Band 2 for Intellectual Property in New Jersey
IAM Global Leader (2020):
Recognizing experience relating to creating, protecting, managing, transacting, and enforcing critical patent rights as well as ability to innovate and inspire in delivering for clients
Juristat: Juristat (2016, 2019, 2021):
Ranked #1 on the list of top patent firms for Technology Center 2400 (2016)
Ranked among the top patent firms for Technology Center 2400 (2019, 2021)
Ranked among the top patent firms for Technology Center 2100 (2016, 2019, 2021)

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