Copyrights and Trade Secrets
Copyrights
The IP attorneys at McKenna Long & Aldridge (MLA) have counseled and represented clients in numerous copyright cases in the U.S., and throughout the world. Since these cases are often intertwined with patent, trade secret, trademark and/or contract issues, our prosecution and transactional attorneys and litigators are uniquely qualified to represent clients in matters ranging from routine copyright counseling and prosecution, to complex copyright and related IP disputes and contract matters.
Our prosecution and transactional attorneys work closely with clients to develop strategies designed to create, protect, manage, commercialize, and enforce their IP portfolios in the U.S. and throughout the world. MLA's IP trial attorneys are skilled in all aspects of copyright infringement litigation from the perspective of both plaintiff and defendant.
Trade Secrets
MLA’s attorneys have vast experience handling a wide array of trade secret issues, and have prosecuted and defended trade secret claims arising from corporate espionage, confidentiality agreements, license agreements, employee defections, government disclosures, and other events. We have extensive experience in all phases of trade secrets litigation, ranging from investigations, injunctions, protective orders, discovery, motions practice, the successful trial to verdict of trade secret claims, and appeals.
Our attorneys have also helped clients to develop and evaluate methods to protect trade secrets, as well as to develop: license agreements and confidentiality agreements with employees, suppliers and customers; and internal procedures, security measures and other methodologies necessary to keep proprietary information "secret." We assist clients with the evaluation and transfer of trade secrets in mergers, acquisitions and other sales. When there is a threat of misappropriation of proprietary information, we help our clients preserve their rights.
We also defend against allegations of trade secret theft and counsel our clients toward steps they can take to avoid liability from the development of new products or the hiring of employees from competitors.
Trade Secrets clients range from some of the largest global companies to small local businesses. We have experience in trade secret matters in almost all industries, including the aerospace, defense, automotive, health care, construction, retail, real estate, information services, software, computer hardware and high technology industries.