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Through integrating Covington’s extensive regulatory and policy, transactional, intellectual property and litigation expertise, we have a thorough understanding of the business and legal issues effecting companies operating in the internet and e-commerce sector. Our attorneys have represented leading internet companies on a broad range of issues including corporate transactions, intellectual property enforcement, and privacy and data security. In addition, our internet enforcement practice has been devising and executing strategies to combat online piracy and fraud for nearly a decade on behalf of many of the world’s leading organizations, including Fortune 500 companies.
Representative Matters
- Representation of a major online company in responding to a security incident affecting the credit card information of more than 200,000 customers, including regulatory inquiries. The matter was resolved without any regulatory enforcement action.
- A well-known online retailer in a dynamic advertising services agreement.
- Representation of a health-oriented website through negotiating and drafting content-sharing agreements to acquire news and other content.
- Representation of a leading online company through advising on instituting global policies and procedures to comply with law enforcement demands for data consistent with best practice privacy principles.
- Representation of a leading internet broker as complainant in a DOJ investigation of restrictive multiple listing service access rules that resulted in a consent decree preserving the client’s ability to compete.
- Representation of Ariba in securing a jury verdict, including a finding that two patents involving online auction technology were valid and infringed.
- Representation of leading technology providers, including the Business Software Alliance, Microsoft and Adobe, having devised and implemented highly effective notice and take-down campaigns for several years, with an overall success rate of over 95%.
- Representation of Computer Associates (CA) in a patent infringement case relating to Internet portal technology, in which CA was seeking declaratory judgment of invalidity, unenforceability, and non-infringement. Obtained summary judgment on both infringement and invalidity on three asserted patents for CA.
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