Intellectual Property Litigation

Morris Nichols has ranked first for intellectual property litigation among Delaware firms in Chambers USA for the last three years.  Chambers USA wrote in 2006:  "Admiring competitors agreed.  It's simply number one."

The Intellectual Property Litigation Group has represented clients in complex disputes involving patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, and antitrust issues. We have successfully litigated cases on products and services in all areas of technology, in the Delaware District Court, the Delaware Court of Chancery and Superior Court, and federal courts throughout the country, including the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Representative Matters

News

• Eighteen Morris Nichols Attorneys Recognized In Best Lawyers In America 2008
  According to Best Lawyers, Morris Nichols had the highest number of attorneys named in Delaware in the practice areas of commercial litigation (5) and corporate law (10).
• Four Morris Nichols Attorneys Named To Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers In America
  Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP announced today that four of its attorneys were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and that two additional attoneys were named as finalists.
• Seventeen Partners and Five Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers & Partners USA
  Morris Nichols Ranked First in Delaware for Chancery, Corporate/M&A, and Intellectual Property Law and Second in the State in Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Real Estate.
• Twelve Morris Nichols Partners Selected For Inclusion in Delaware "Super Lawyers"
  The Delaware "Super Lawyers” list represents the top attorneys throughout the state who have achieved high standards for their legal ability, and are recognized by their peers and in the business community for their legal prowess in their individual practice areas.
• Three Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to “Lawdragon 500” List
  Lewis S. Black, Jr., Jack B. Blumenfeld and A. Gilchrist Sparks, III have been included in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, a list of the top 500 U.S. lawyers based upon interviews with lawyers and independent research.
• Morris Nichols 2nd in the Nation for Number of Patent Cases Filed
  According to national legal publisher IP Law & Business, Morris Nichols ranked second nationally in the number of patent cases filed in 2005, improving its score from the previous year’s fifth-place finish.

Newsletters

• Intellectual Property In Delaware February 2008
• Intellectual Property In Delaware January 2008

Publications

• Mary B. Graham, Building A House: The IP Case That Will Sell, a chapter in IP Legal Strategies, part of the series INSIDE THE MINDS: IP LEGAL SERIES (Aspatore Books, Spring 2007)
• Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons, Jack Blumenfeld, Mary Graham & Leslie Polizoti, Explaining Venue Choice and Litigant Preferences: Solving the Delaware Mystery, in ECONOMIC DAMAGES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: A HANDS-ON GUIDE TO LITIGATION 67-81 (Daniel Slottje ed., John Wiley & Sons 2006)
• Donald F. Parsons, Jr., Jack Blumenfeld, Mary Graham & Leslie Polizoti, Solving the Mystery of Patentees' 'Collective Enthusiasm' for Delaware, Delaware Law Review, Vol 7:2 (2005)
• Karen Jacobs Louden & Tiffany Fonseca, Does the Federal Trademark Dilution Act Provide A Right Without A Remedy? Delaware Law Review, Vol. 7:1 (2004)
• Donald F. Parsons, Jr. & John D. Pirnot, The Intersection of Patent Law and Bankruptcy: What Every Practitioner Should Know (Delaware Lawyer, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 2000-2001)
• Thomas C. Grimm, Karen Jacobs Louden & Julia Heaney, Trademarks in Cyberspace (Delaware Lawyer, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 2000-2001)
• Eugene L. Grimm, Thomas C. Grimm, Trademarks: How to Get Them, Keep Them, and Enforce Them Delaware Lawyer (March 1989)