Our Practices
- Areas of Emphasis
- Copyright Registration
- Trademark Registration
- Infringement Actions
- IP Litigation
- IP Licensing
- Supply and Distribution contracts
- Non-compete agreements
- Protection of Proprietary Properties
Intellectual Property
Riker Danzig's experienced team of intellectual property attorneys has the technical skills necessary to serve the needs of industry. Our clients include software authors, publishers and distributors, manufacturers, inventors and resellers of emerging technologies, and end-users of these goods and services. Our IP group assists established entities and start-up enterprises by bringing a broad base of industry experience, technical knowledge, litigation skills and business law to bear directly on clients' technology-related questions. Whether the industry is telecommunications, pharmaceutical, chemical, healthcare or the rapidly growing area of electronic commerce, our attorneys are prepared to preserve and protect our clients' rights. We provide advice concerning the registrability and use of copyrights, trademarks and patents, and prepare and file appropriate applications to protect such rights.
We also represent clients in infringement actions where patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secrets have been unlawfully appropriated or improperly disclosed, and assist clients in establishing their rights in groundbreaking areas of IP. As one example, our IP litigation group successfully prosecuted a software performance lawsuit against an errant software developer and obtained a multi-million dollar settlement for a financial industry client that pioneered electronic income tax filing coupled with refund anticipation loans. We have also assisted numerous clients in combating Internet Cybersquatting and other unauthorized uses of client trademarks and copyrighted works. Recently, we were able to assist the family of a deceased singer in securing descendible publicity rights, allowing the family to sue a company that had been wrongfully imitating the singer's voice and unique performance style in its advertising.
Riker Danzig attorneys have extensive experience in the coordination of U.S. patent litigation, opposition, licensing, and proprietary technology protection. We advise clients regarding strategic alliances, acquisitions, outsourcing and consultancy engagements. In the course of these activities, we regularly perform audits to determine what a client owns and what properties are protected or need protection. We enforce and defend our clients' properties and activities in the federal courts and administrative tribunals.
We are equally well versed in the drafting and negotiation of exclusive supply contracts, licenses, distribution, non-compete, secrecy and consultant agreements, and other business agreements for the development, exploitation and protection of proprietary properties. Our attorneys have extensive experience in the conducting of studies and opinions concerning registration, infringement and validity questions.
Our strong litigation orientation helps clients evaluate the best method to resolve disputes that may arise, whether by negotiation, litigation or arbitration, and protects their rights in any of these situations.
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Firm Clients
- AXA Corporate Solutions
- Highlands Insurance Group, Inc.
- Kemper Group of Insurance Companies
- Diamond Chemical Co., Inc.
- Capacity, L.L.C.
- Bouras Industry, Inc.
- Mutual Marine Office, Inc.
- Dittman Incentive Marketing Corp.
- Geptek, Inc.
- Genpro, Inc.
- Ecko Complex, L.L.C.
- Jacobs Engineering
- Modell’s Sporting Goods
- New York Life Agents Reinsurance Company
- Porky Products
- Glamorise Foundations, Inc.
- Proformance Insurance Company
- Solix, Inc.
- Zootoo, LLC
- HSBC Bank
- Banc One
- Prudential Insurance Company
- Lexent Inc.
- Playtex Products Corporation
- North Fork Bank
- Hertz Corporation
- Meow Mix Corporation
- Aeon (U.S.A.), Inc.
- BEA Systems, Inc.
- Bouras Industries, Inc.
- Cameco, Inc.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
- Corporate Fuel Partners
- Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
- GDC Properties
- Gerber Products Company, Inc.
- Foundation Venture Capital Group LLC
- Ginsburg Development Companies LLC
- Lloyd, Gerstner & Partners, LLC
- McDonald Information Services, Inc.
- Morris Energy Group, LLC
- New York Life Agents Reinsurance Company
- Promident LLC d/b/a Johnson-Promident
- Shipley & Halmos, LLC
- Solix, Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corporation
- WR Capital Partners LLC
- Zenith Optimedia, Inc.
- Dames and Moore
- E.I. Associates
- Herval Construction, Inc
- Parsons Engineering Science, Inc.
- R2D Corporation
- Perini Construction Corporation
- West Morris Regional High School Board of Education
- Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
- Bank of America
- Citibank, N.A.
- HSBC Bank
- Provident Bank, etc. v. Edward V. Giannasca (N.Y. App. Div.)
- The Bank of New York
- Alea North America
- AXA Versicherungs AG
- CIGNA
- Alea London Limited
- British International Insurance Company
- Brittany Insurance Company (London)
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- American International Management Association
- Compagnie Europeenne D’Assurances Industrielles S.A.
- Crown Life Insurance Company
- Crum & Foster Insurance Group
- Colonia Insurance Company
- Delta Lloyd Insurance Company Limited
- Dukes Place Holdings, L.P.
- EMC Insurance Companies
- Enstar Group Limited
- Enstar US Inc.
- Excess Insurance Company Limited
- Harleysville Insurance Companies
- Harper Insurance Limited f/k/a Turegum Insurance Company
- Enstar (EU) Limited
- National Casualty Company of America Limited
- Mutual Marine Office, Inc.
- Hudson Reinsurance Company Limited
- Highlands Insurance Group, Inc.
- Management Facilities Corporation
- National Casualty Company of America Limited
- Navigators Insurance Company
- New York Marine & General Insurance Company
- Unique Settings of New York
- Siemens Corporation
- McKessen Corp.
- York Claims Service, Inc.
- Gavan-Graham Electrical Products Corp.
- Triad Consulting Engineers, Inc.
- Jacobs Engineering
- Bayonne Parking Authority