Sporting Goods
Members of our Sporting Goods team apply their legal expertise and advanced degrees in a variety of disciplines to provide our clients with legal services including:
- Patentability Opinions
- Freedom to Operate Opinions
- Patent Preparation, Prosecution and Procurement
- Representation in Post-Grant Proceedings in the U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Including Interferences, Reexaminations, Inter Partes Review, Post Grant Reviews and Covered Business Method Reviews
- Due Diligence Studies
- License counseling, negotiation and drafting
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Litigation
Areas in which the Team has represented clients include:
- Automotive and Vehicle Sports
- Camping and Outdoor
- Cycling
- Fitness and Exercise
- Footwear
- Golf
- Hunting, Fishing and Firearms
- Martial Arts
- Protective Gear
- Sports clothing
- Team Sports
- Tennis
- Winter Sports
- Water Sports
Related Representative Matters
- Represented sporting goods company in all aspects of intellectual property, including patent and trademark prosecution, right-to-use studies, litigation, intellectual property policing, and general counseling regarding patents, trademarks, and copyrights, taking company from small national corporation to mid-size global corporation
- Successfully represented defendant accused of trade secret misappropriation