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Ron Dove is co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Rights practice group, specializing in copyright and trademark litigation and advice. Mr. Dove is also a member of the Pharmaceutical Litigation & Investigations group, where he focuses on litigation under the False Claims Act and consumer protection statutes.
For more than two decades, Mr. Dove has successfully advised and litigated cases for clients in the sports, media, pharmaceutical, and luxury goods industries.
Many of the cases that Mr. Dove has litigated have involved developing and implementing a national strategy that has required prosecuting or defending similar claims against different parties in multiple courts across the United States. For example, Mr. Dove has successfully prosecuted cases on behalf of copyright and trademark owners whose rights have been infringed, as well as defended clients in cases brought by the federal government, state attorneys general, whistleblowers and the class action bar.
Mr. Dove also designs and executes strategies for clients to protect their brands and copyrighted works, with particular emphasis on combatting the unauthorized importation and distribution of counterfeit, gray market and pirated goods and content.
- Serve as lead counsel for the Public Broadcasting Service and its member stations in litigation before the Copyright Royalty Board relating to the distribution of statutory copyright royalties.
- Assist the National Football League in combatting the unauthorized retransmission and public performance of NFL game telecasts over the internet and on television.
- Successful defense of major pharmaceutical companies in multiple state and federal court actions involving drug pricing, reimbursement, product recalls and alleged false claims.
- Advise leading consumer and luxury goods makers and publishers on strategies for protecting against the unauthorized importation and sale of counterfeit, gray market and pirated goods, and then implement those strategies with U.S. Customs and before the courts.
- Litigate trademark and copyright infringement cases in the Eastern District of Virginia, the District of Columbia and other federal courts.
- Drafted amicus brief on behalf of the Copyright Alliance, supporting copyright protections for authors, composers, journalists, filmmakers, artists, and other creative individuals and small businesses.
Pro Bono
- Helped child immigrants obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and domestic abuse victim obtain legal residency under the Violence Against Women Act.
- Served as co-counsel for plaintiff family in wrongful death action resulting in jury verdict and substantial damages against 911 dispatcher and supervisors for grossly negligent response to emergency call.
- Overturned conviction of two street musicians accused of panhandling outside local subway station.
May 4, 2020, Covington Alert
As we continue to socially distance ourselves in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re sharing copyrighted works in new ways and with increasing frequency. And while copyright probably isn’t the first thing on people’s minds as we navigate this “new normal,” these rapid changes in how we interact can raise a number of concerns about how copyrighted materials are ...
April 24, 2020, Law360
Ronald Dove spoke with Law360 about the potential increase in trademark litigation cases following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Mr. Dove says, “An accidental infringement by a small mom-and-pop business is not likely to lead to an award of profits and financial ruin. But a willful or reckless disregard of preexisting trademark rights will now more readily be ...
March 25, 2020, Covington Alert
Piracy has long been a problem in America, although modern day pirates of intellectual property bear little resemblance to their old-school counterparts sailing along the Caribbean and the American coast. Yet in a ruling on Monday, March 23, the Supreme Court tied together the legacies of those two very different types of pirates: modern-day state governments ...
June 20, 2017, Covington Alert
In a case that has drawn significant media attention for its potential effect on the Washington Redskins organization, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday, June 19, that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) cannot deny a trademark registration on the basis that the proposed mark may “disparage” “persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, ...
March 24, 2017, Covington Alert
In a highly anticipated copyright decision issued on March 22, the Supreme Court held that the designs on Varsity Brands’ cheerleading uniforms are eligible for copyright protection. In reaching that ruling, the Court set out a standard that aims to harmonize a multitude of tests across the country.
December 6, 2016, Covington Alert
On December 2, 2016, the English High Court ruled that the members of the band Duran Duran would be in breach of the contracts under which they assigned their publishing copyrights if they exercised their U.S. statutory right to terminate the transfer of the U.S. copyrights under section 203 of the Copyright Act. The case, Gloucester Place Music Limited v Simon ...
A Conversation with Ron Dove and Hope Hamilton
March 4, 2013, Copyright Alliance
Careers in Copyright Law
January 16, 2013, Copyright Society, George Washington University Law School
Anti-Piracy & Content Protection Summit
November 15, 2012, International Quality & Productivity Centre
June 9, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC, June 10, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP received 92 individual mentions and 32 practice mentions in the Legal 500 US 2011 edition. Legal 500 reviews the strengths and strategies of law firms in more than 90 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America, and the Caribbean. Here are the Covington lawyers and practices ...
Supreme Court Confidential - Costco v. Omega
November 8, 2010, Copyright Society, George Washington University Law School
AWP and WAC: What You Need to Know
November 15, 2007, RX Drug Pricing Boot Camp, American Conference Institute
11/14/2007
WASHINGTON, DC, November 14, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP represented legendary comic book artist Jerry Robinson in arranging a creative consultancy agreement with DC Comics, the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world. Mr. Robinson was a key contributor during the early years of the Batman comic book series, and played a vital role in the ...
What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Copyright and Fair Use
February 16, 2006, District of Columbia Bar Association, DC, Law Practice Management and Intellectual Property Law Sections
The Anatomy of a Grey Market Case
October 11, 2003, New York State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section Fall Meeting
Parallel Imports in the United States: Recent Developments
4/04/2002, Tenth Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law & Policy, Fordham University School of Law
February 2002, 120 CIPIC Journal 1
May 1999, Intellectual Property
Recent Developments in the United States Copyright Law: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
January 1999, 84 CIPIC Journal 39
April 1997, Intellectual Property
Acorns in A Mountain Pool: The Role of Litigation, Law and Lawyers in Kentucky Education Reform
Summer 1991, 17 J. Educ. Finance 83
- Recognized in Legal 500 US for Intellectual Property - Copyright (2011-2017); Intellectual Property - Trademarks - Litigation (2015-2017); Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious) (2015-2017)