Practice Areas

Unfair Competition and Intellectual Property Litigation

Our litigators have successfully prosecuted and defended numerous cases involving unfair competition and “soft” IP matters.  These include claims for theft of trade secrets, unfair competition, tortious interference with contract, raiding and unfair solicitation, violations of non-competition and confidentiality agreements, and Lanham Act, trademark, and copyright violations.  We have procured preliminary injunctions precluding the use of confidential information such as customer lists and client contacts on behalf of our clients and successfully defeated multiple attempts to obtain similar relief from our clients. We deploy our deep experience in employment law to inform our prosecution and defense of unfair competition claims, and regularly advise individuals and companies on the enforceability of confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation clauses.

Examples of our recent cases include:

  • Secured a temporary restraining order on behalf of a publicly-traded healthcare company that claimed theft of trade secrets and breaches of restrictive covenants.  We also routinely act to enforce the restrictive covenants this client uses to protect its trade secrets and business practices.

  • Successfully opposed a preliminary injunction and secured the dismissal of other claims for relief arising out of allegations of corporate raiding against our client, a small translation company, brought by a large competitor.   We also successfully voided the restrictive covenants the competitor used as the basis of its claims.

  • Secured a TRO and preliminary injunction on behalf of a technology company against a former director and company president for theft of trade secrets and breach of a confidentiality agreement following his termination.

  • Negotiated a settlement for a healthcare technology company against a potential acquirer for breach of a non-disclosure agreement.