Intellectual Property Litigation

The intellectual property lawyers at Thomas P. Howard, LLC, regularly practice within the area of intellectual property law, including the areas of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, patent infringement. We focus our extensive experiences on the facts of your case in order to maximize bring your matter to a swift and successful resolution. In order to swiftly locate the area of Intellectual Property Litigation in which you are seeking information or assistance, just click on the highlighted words listed below related to your area of interest.

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Copyright Litigation Trademark Litigation
Trade Secret Litigation Patent Infringement Litigation

See below for a list of representative cases our firm has handled. Please click on the headings below for more information.

Copyright Litigation
Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully represented a web site operator in an IP dispute whose copyrighted works were published without license or authority on a competitor’s web site.

Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully represented an artist whose copyrighted works were being published and sold without license or authority over the Internet and through catalog sales nationwide.

Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully represented an international filmmaker in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in a copyright infringement suit involving copyrighted works infringed through unlicensed distribution and sale over the Internet.

Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully defended a software manufacturer and distributor in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in Huntsman v. Soderbergh, an action involving multiple claims filed by nine major studios and 15 directors pursuant to the Copyright Act and the Trademark Act. The Directors/Studios attempted to bar Thomas Howard’s client from marketing software allowing consumers to preprogram a DVD player to skip and/or mute specified sections of a film stored on a DVD. This lawsuit led directly to the Congressional passage, in April 2005, of the Family Movie Act of 2005, which modified both the Copyright Act and the Trademark Act, explicitly allowing for the sale of the skip/mute software designed by Thomas Howard’s client. All claims raised against Thomas Howard’s client in the United States Federal District Court for the District of Colorado were dismissed.

Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully represented a Colorado software manufacturer in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving the copying, distribution and sale of the clients’ source code.

Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully represented Young Electric Sign Co., a nationally recognized sign design firm, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in a copyright infringement action involving the unlicensed copying and use of its architectural works.

Thomas P. Howard, LLC has successfully represented the American Society of Composers, Artists and Producers (ASCAP) in multiple copyright infringement actions in the United States Federal District Court for the District of Colorado involving the use of copyrighted artistic works without license or permission.

Trademark Litigation
Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully defended a large national sporting goods provider in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in a dispute involving claims of trademark infringement and patent infringement.

Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently successfully represented the plaintiff in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in a multi-defendant trademark infringement suit involving trademarks being used without license on the Internet for the purpose of advertising.

Trade Secret Litigation
Thomas P. Howard, LLC recently went to trial in Denver District Court and obtained a judgment for violation of the Colorado Uniform Trade Secret Act and obtained damages, attorney’s fees and an order for permanent injunctive relief barring the defendant’s use or disclosure of Thomas Howard’s client’s trade secrets.

Thomas Howard recently obtained a court order in Boulder County District Court providing permanent injunctive relief barring the defendants’ use or disclosure of their clients’ trade secrets.

Denver, Colorado, Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney Thomas Howard recently defended a party based in the People’s Republic of China in a lawsuit involving claims of theft of trade secrets. The matter was successfully settled immediately subsequent to discovery.

Patent Infringement Litigation
Denver Patent Infringement Attorney Thomas Howard recently filed claims of patent infringement for a client in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in a matter involving a sports-related product that was used without license or permission. The matter was successfully settled.

Contact A Denver Property Litigation Attorney

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