At Cox Smith, our overall goal in intellectual property (IP) disputes is to help clients avoid infringement conflicts. If the need arises, Cox Smith is fully capable of enforcing and defending their clients’ interests in Texas state courts and federal courts nationwide.

Cox Smith’s IP experience encompasses all aspects of dispute, including: infringement and validity of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, service marks, and trade secrets. Taking an integrated litigation focus, we also handle related controversies involving employment and non-compete agreements, licensing, warranties, contracts, unfair trade practices, and computer fraud. Our privacy team also handles data breach management, FTC inquiries, and other data privacy and security incidents.

We have represented IP clients in federal district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board, and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

Our definition of winning in IP litigation is to achieve each client’s business objectives, whether through aggressive representation at trial or alternative forms of dispute resolution that reach competitive goals without the expense of litigation.

Our team has the capability to serve as court-appointed special master, expert, court technical advisor, mediator and arbitrator in cases involving technologies ranging from communications to pharmaceuticals. A member of our IP team has appeared in more than 30 such proceedings in forums ranging from federal district courts nationwide to proceedings of the American Arbitration Association.