Now, more than ever, companies and organizations face complex and challenging online threats to their businesses. Covington’s Internet Investigations and Enforcement team anticipates and provides highly effective solutions to these challenges by designing and executing customized anti-piracy and brand protection programs for our clients. We stand out in the industry because our team includes not only lawyers, but also highly skilled Internet investigations specialists with more than 30 years of combined experience in protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and advising clients on strategies for shielding their valuable brand assets.
As an interdisciplinary team, we are able to call on lawyers and professionals throughout the firm for their expertise when needed. This means we are able to handle nearly every type of matter our clients encounter. We help protect businesses and organizations from online threats across an array of industries, including:
- Software
- Publishing
- Sports
- Media
- Luxury Goods
- Pharmaceutical
- Energy
- Tech
- Retail
- Financial Services
Full-Service Anti-Piracy and Brand Protection
Our investigations and enforcement team uses a comprehensive approach that combines our professionals’ experience with custom-built, market-leading crawler technology and online forensic tools. As a result, we can effectively and efficiently achieve the best results for our clients. Our full-service practice regularly handles:
- Anti-piracy work (digital downloads and physical sales)
- Phishing schemes
- Copyright/trademark investigations
- Document and trade secret leaks
- Logo misuse
- Counterfeit goods
- Many other web-based activities
Our team designs customized programs that serve each rights-holder’s unique requirements. The programs, which range from single projects to global notice and takedown campaigns, are scalable and flexible. We implement notice and takedown programs alongside enhanced strategies that include protecting our clients’ brands by delisting fraudulent links and results on search engines, and targeting revenue streams of bad actors via advertising networks and payment providers. We also provide our clients with up-to-the-minute online reporting, including analysis of results and trends and identification of targets for escalated actions to keep them informed at all times.
Firm-wide Support and Resources
Industry-leading lawyers throughout the firm provide legal support to our investigations and enforcement team in a seamless integration of technical, investigative, and legal services, when required. We use this combination of interdisciplinary expertise and resources to handle:
- Law enforcement referrals
- Domain name disputes
- Litigation
Additionally, together with our international lawyers, we are able to advise our clients on a range of:
- Cybersecurity, data privacy, and IP laws
- Law enforcement outreach
- Civil and criminal proceedings
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