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Practice Area

IP Licensing & Due Diligence

We routinely help clients protect and commercialize their intellectual property (IP) assets and provide due diligence on complex technology and IP transactions. We negotiate and draft IP licenses and transfers; provide strategic guidance on optimal structures for IP and IT transactions; and evaluate copyright, trademark, and patent portfolios and provide related due diligence activities in connection with IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, licenses, and other corporate transactions....Read more

Practice Area

Trademark Litigation, Prosecution & Brand Protection

Industry

Media & Entertainment

For decades, Winston has filled a unique niche in the media and entertainment industry, and we continue to be at the forefront of today’s most important and challenging cases. Our interdisciplinary team advises some of the world’s most prominent industry players—studios, production companies, entertainers, artists, athletes, other celebrities, and other sector participants—in connection with the disputes and deals that are moving this dynamic industry forward....Read more

Experience 14 results

Experience

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January 19, 2024

ITC ALJ Issues Win for AMD

Served as lead trial counsel to defend AMD in a massive ITC action brought against AMD by its competitor Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek accused AMD of infringing three patents relating to integrated circuit designs. AMD faced an exclusion order and a cease-and-desist order at the ITC. Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Cameron Elliot’s decision found that all asserted claims of two of the patents were invalid for multiple reasons. For the third patent, he ruled that all asserted claims were not infringed by AMD, and that all but one of those claims were also invalid. ALJ Elliot also found that Realtek had not proven the existence of the economic prong of domestic industry—a rare outcome at the ITC. The win is significant for AMD because dozens of its product families were implicated. It also sends a signal to non-U.S. companies that the ITC’s domestic-industry requirement has teeth and cannot be assumed to exist based merely on a patentee’s alleged licenses with U.S.-based entities....Read more

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August 1, 2023

American Multinational Hedge Fund and Financial Services Company Trademark Counseling

Winston does significant brand enforcement work for an American multinational hedge fund and financial services company, including trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings, UDRP and related domain name proceedings as well as other enforcement work on a global basis. We represent the company in its global trademark portfolio management and in domain registry matters and in connection with IP licensing. We also advise on other IP-related matters, including open-source counseling....Read more

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June 16, 2023

Hudson Ferry Capital Sale of Ground/Water Treatment & Technology

Winston represented Hudson Ferry Capital, a Stamford, CT-based private equity fund, in its sale of Ground/Water Treatment & Technology, a leading U.S. groundwater treatment company that self-performs system design; civil, electrical, and mechanical site work; equipment fabrication and customization; dewatering; and licensed operation and maintenance service for groundwater treatment systems, to an affiliate of Ember Infrastructure, a private equity fund focused on infrastructure solutions....Read more
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Insights & News 515 results

Client Alert

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January 26, 2026

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5 Min Read

OIG Scrutinizes Certain Prospective Employee Sign-On Bonuses, Potentially Limiting the Reach of the AKS Employment Safe Harbor in New Advisory Opinion

On December 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (the OIG) issued an unfavorable advisory opinion (AO 25-12 or the Opinion) regarding a home care agency’s (the Company) proposal to market sign-on bonuses to prospective employees of the Company, who would provide in-home support services primarily to the family members of these prospective employees (the Proposed Arrangement). Pursuant to AO 25-12, the OIG concluded that the Proposed Arrangement would result in prohibited remuneration under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (the AKS) and implicate the civil monetary penalty provision prohibiting inducements to beneficiaries (the Beneficiary Inducements CMP).

In the Media

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January 22, 2026

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1 Min Read

Cari Stinebower Discusses Regulatory Uncertainty for U.S. Oil Companies Seeking Venezuela Licenses with Semafor

Winston & Strawn partner Cari Stinebower was quoted in a Semafor article examining the uncertainty U.S. oil companies face as they await clearer guidance from the Treasury Department on Venezuela-related licenses under U.S. sanctions policy. They’re “going to have to come into this at some point, and so we do need some direction,” Cari told Semafor. ...Read more

Seminar/CLE

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January 20, 2026

2026 NYC SBIC Fund Conference

Winston & Strawn and RSM US LLP are co-hosting the annual NYC SBIC Fund Conference on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.General and limited partners, chief financial officers, and controllers of small business investment company (SBIC) funds are invited to a half-day seminar covering various topics related to SBIC fund operations, including:...Read more
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Other Results 34 results

Law Glossary

What Is Copyright Licensing?

An original work of authorship that is fixed in a tangible form and exhibits at least a minimal amount of creativity may be protected by U.S. copyright law. Under the law, a copyright owner has various exclusive rights to use the protected work, including the right to make copies of it; create derivative works based on it; and distribute it to the public. For certain types of works, the copyright owner also has the exclusive right to publicly perform or publicly display the work....Read more

Law Glossary

What Is the Standard for the FDA to Grant a Biosimilar License?

Granting a Biosimilar License...Read more

Law Glossary

What Is the Standard for the FDA to Grant a Generic Drug License?

An Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) must contain evidence that the proposed generic drug product is bioequivalent to the reference drug....Read more
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