Covington’s expertise encompasses identifying, evaluating and protecting virtually every type of intellectual property asset, including those involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, domain names, data rights and licensed rights. Clients regularly turn to us to audit their intellectual property assets so they can better understand their scope and value of their rights, and can more effectively manage them. Our intellectual property lawyers frequently draw upon Covington’s vast industry and regulatory expertise in areas such as communications, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and information technology. We also draw upon a global network of foreign intellectual property lawyers, as necessary, to assist with the management of foreign intellectual property assets.
We assist clients in crafting and implementing strategies to help assure continued freedom to operate and to realize and maximize the value of their intellectual property potential.
We act on our recognition that intellectual property audits and management plans must be tailored to company priorities, operations, and finances and that they must be sensitive to the prevailing regulatory environment.
Representative Matters
- We manage the US and global trademark portfolios for such companies as Bunge, GA Modefine, S.A., (which owns the ARMANI brands trademarks), the National Geographic Society, PBS, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Promontory Financial Group, and the United States Soccer Federation.
- We manage patent portfolios for companies in the pharmaceutical, communications, financial services, and other industries.
- We advise clients on strategic issues, such as patent protection for emerging technologies, the tradeoffs between patent and trade secret protection, and systems and procedures to encourage and evaluate technology disclosures for patent protection.
- We advise clients on strategies for enhancing their patent portfolios and deterring third party infringement actions.
Accolades
- The National Law Journal - Recognized on the Intellectual Property Hot List (2012)
- The Best Lawyers in America - Six attorneys recognized for Intellectual Property Law (2007-2012).
- Chambers USA's - America's Leading Business Lawyers - Recognized for its Intellectual Property practice nationwide, as well as in California and Washington, DC; Five attorneys recognized for Intellectual Property (2009-2011).
- Chambers Europe - Recognized as a leader in the category: Belgium, Intellectual Property and one attorney recognized for Intellectual Property (2012).
- Legal 500 US - Recognized as a leading US practice in the areas of Copyright, Trade Secrets, Patent Licensing and Transactional, Patent Litigation: Full Coverage, Patent Litigation: International Trade Commission, Patent Prosecution: Utility and Design Patents, Trademarks: Litigation and Trademarks: Non-Contentious (2011).
- Legal 500 UK - IP (2011-2012).
- The Practical Law Company (PLC) - Which Law Firm?, Intellectual Property, Commercial Intellectual Property (2009).
- PLC - Life Sciences, Which Lawyer? - One attorney recognized for Intellectual Property (2005-2009).
- International Who's Who of Business Lawyers - Two attorneys recognized for Patent (2008).
- Legal 500 EMEA, Intellectual Property - Belgium (2011-2013)
- European Legal Experts - One attorney recognized for Intellectual Property (Brussels) (2006).
- PLC Global Counsel 2006 - Global Counsel Magazine, “The Life Sciences Industry Super League” - ranked number one in the world, 23 Covington lawyers were recommended as leaders in their fields, including seven lawyers in Europe.
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