Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation matters handled with speed, precision, and a plan that helps protect your business.
Whether enforcing your rights or defending against accusations, the objective is to win. Our seasoned litigators, with hundreds of cases and decades of experience, approach every dispute with one goal: winning efficiently, aggressively, and in alignment with our clients’ broader business objectives.
Our team is widely recognized as equally capable in front of a jury, before a mediator, or engaging in complex party-to-party negotiations. We pride ourselves in accurately assessing risk, presenting options, providing predictable budgets, and winning.
Services Include:
Intellectual property litigation
Intellectual property is a company’s most valuable asset. In today’s competitive business landscape, IP often needs protecting.
When litigation is needed, we work tirelessly and efficiently to prevail, using advanced technologically driven methods of claim analysis, discovery and presentation of evidence and arguments in court. We have significant experience arguing before federal and state trial and appellate courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and administrative bodies.
Led by industry-recognized experts in post-grant patent review procedures, Lee & Hayes has extensive experience in successfully challenging, and defending, clients’ patents before the USPTO in inter partes (IPR), post-grant review (PGR), and reexamination. We regularly incorporate Patent Office challenges as part of our litigation strategies to achieve favorable outcomes for our clients.
The nationally-recognized litigators in our IP litigation group combine decades of first-chair trial experience for some of the world’s leading companies with creative, flexible approaches that make sense for clients, both large and small. Our in-house and industry experience help us understand the relationship between legal outcomes and business outcomes. We partner with our clients to win on both fronts.
We represent companies large and small – from Fortune 500 to small start-ups – and across industries – such as high-tech, manufacturing, biotechnology, and telecommunications – to prosecute and defend infringement claims for:
Patents
Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement
Trademark Dilution
Trade Secrets
Copyright Infringement
Licensing
UDRP Proceedings
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Anti-Counterfeiting Customs Litigation
Other IP-related transactions include unfair competition and privacy rights and false advertising disputes.
Complex commercial litigation
Lee & Hayes litigators approach commercial litigation work through the lens of a businessperson. Our commercial experience enables us to craft solutions to complex issues that are realistic and effective. Our representation of business clients in a broad spectrum of industries has provided us important insight into how to develop effective litigation strategies. In addition, our attorneys have robust experience in electronic discovery, which is a paramount skill in all types of litigation.
To minimize the possibility of litigation, our commercial litigators add a trial lawyer’s eye to the drafting talents of the firm’s patent, corporate and securities lawyers. This also better positions our clients through stronger contractual language, should litigation become necessary. Our goal is to provide focused guidance to our clients enabling them to make fully informed decisions.
We represent clients in a wide range of complex commercial and business legal disputes and litigation matters including:
Agricultural
Antitrust and Trade
Banking and General Corporate
Breach of Contract
Lease Matters
Employment
Franchise Disputes
Insurance Coverage Disputes
Manufacturing
Real Estate and Construction
RICO and Consumer Protection
Experienced in Trial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
We have extensive experience in both federal and state courts, at the trial and appellate levels, in activities including declaratory judgements, preliminary injunctions, arbitration, and mediation proceedings.
Lee & Hayes litigators are widely regarded and known for an artful and nimble trial approach, with a focus on the best interests of – and outcome for – our clients.
