Brown McCarroll Attorneys at Law

Our intellectual property team approaches all IP transactions and litigation matters from a dispute resolution perspective, always considering how we can best help you avoid and resolve disputes. We discuss your options with you and help you select the one that best fits your business strategy.

When it is in your best interest to go to trial, you can rely on our first chair trial experience. We are first and foremost trial lawyers and often use litigation as a tool to resolve infringement and trade secret disputes. We are skilled at presenting complicated technical issues to juries and judges and are tough when we need to be, but thoughtful about our approach.

Patent

Patent litigation cases often have critical implications. By combining technical insight, legal skill and case management strengths, our firm has produced an impressive record of litigation results for our clients.

We understand technical patent issues in the broader context of business strategy and are often effective in pretrial motions to interpret the patent claims as well as trial presentations that support our clients’ position that plaintiffs’ patents are invalid or not infringed.  

While we have represented clients in courts across the country, we primarily represent clients before the U.S.district courts in Texas. We have also handled appeals of patent cases to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Our experience in patent litigation includes Federal court procedure, motions for transfer of venue and litigating related claims such as antitrust, fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Typical cases involve claims of not only patent and copyright infringement, but also allegations of patent invalidity, trade secret violation and allegations of anticompetitive conduct.

Because our focus is on building and presenting the best trial strategy irrespective of the intellectual property at issue, we effectively handle matters across a wide range of technologies and applications, including:

• Cell phone power amplifiers
• Computer software programs
• Recessed lighting components
• Ceiling fans
• Chemical coatings
• Computer colorizing systems

Copyrights and Trademarks

Our firm has established and asserted copyrights and trademarks for a number of companies, particularly those involved in the software industry. 

Our effectiveness in this area extends to infringement litigation, both of pure copyrights, and parallel copyright and patent infringement.  We have prosecuted and defended trademark infringement claims on a national basis, as well as in Texas. Our experience includes domain name dispute resolution. We have protected the rights of trademark owners in arbitrations under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Protocol (UDRP) and through effective use of litigation under the federal Anti-CyberSquatting Act, resulting in the transfer of domain names to trademark owners. We have initiated and defended Opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) so as to resolve in an administrative proceeding context competing trademark ownership claims.

Trade Secrets

Our attorneys represent clients in misappropriation of trade secret litigation and cases arising under covenants not to compete and non-solicitation agreements.

Our protection of trade secrets extends to drafting and enforcing confidentiality agreements, particularly for technology industry clients.