Over the past two decades, Covington lawyers have brought or supervised hundreds of civil and criminal copyright-related actions against thousands of infringers throughout the United States and in over 60 countries. These actions range from traditional litigation over substantially similar and counterfeit works to actions against Internet, satellite and broadcast pirates. We have litigated copyright infringement cases in US district and appellate courts and have drafted and submitted amicus briefs on important copyright issues.
Covington has also conceived and implemented copyright-based enforcement campaigns against distributors of gray market products and packaging. We generally deploy small teams of lawyers, utilizing the firm's expertise in copyright law along with its reservoir of knowledge in substantive areas such as new technology, software, sports, media and communications, and luxury goods.
As part of these various efforts, Covington has built and trained a far-reaching network of local counsel and investigators, and has also developed important relationships with public authorities worldwide, including government officials, police, prosecutors, and customs authorities with responsibility for copyright enforcement.
Representative Matters
- Representation of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Networks, Inc. against claims brought by CCP Systems alleging copyright and patent infringement filed in the District of New Jersey.
- Representation of the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and other sports leagues in copyright actions to obtain temporary restraining orders, seizure orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions against the piracy of game telecasts and the sale of counterfeit merchandise.
- Representation of Microsoft:
- in DMCA copyright litigation brought by Blues Destiny and filed in Northern District of Florida; and
- in preparation of an amicus brief filed in the Eleventh Circuit concerning parody and fair use of Gone with the Wind.
- Representation of various software publishers, including Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance, in supervising civil and criminal copyright and Internet anti-piracy enforcement actions in over 50 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
- Representation of Public Broadcasting Service in multi-party litigation before the Copyright Royalty Board seeking to recover public television's share of more than $750 million in royalties paid by cable operators for the distant retransmission of broadcast programming.
Accolades
- The National Law Journal - Recognized on the Intellectual Property Hot List (2012)
Inaugural European Women in Business Law - One attorney recognized as "Best in Copyright" (2011)
- The Best Lawyers in America (2007-2013)
- Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers (2006-2010)
- Chambers Europe (2012)
- Legal 500 US - Copyright (2011)
- Legal 500 UK - IP (2011-2012)
- Legal 500 EMEA - Intellectual Property, Belgium (2011-2013)
- U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers, Litigation - Intellectual Property: National, San Francisco and Washington, DC first tier ranking (2011)
- Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards, short-listed in the pan-European category "New Media/Internet" (2010)
- The Practical Law Company (PLC) - Life Sciences, Which Law Firm? - Recognized for Intellectual Property (2009)
- WORLDLeaders IP Awards, short-listed in the worldwide categories "Excellence in Domain Name Policy Implementation" (2008) and "Domain Name Strategy and Management" (2009)
- Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards, "US IP Firm in Europe" for EU and regulatory work (2008)
- WORLDLeaders European Awards for trademark excellence (North America/Canada) (2007)
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