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Intellectual Property

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    Jennifer GolinveauxNimalka WickramasekeraDanielle Williams
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    Winston’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice is one of the most active and highly regarded in the United States per Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation US, and Best Law Firms®, among other ranking organizations. Our team features some of the country’s best IP lawyers, attorneys with the technical abilities to litigate and try highly complex IP disputes, and technical lawyers who provide critical advisory services.

    Our IP Practice is a market leader in protecting, enforcing, and defending clients’ IP through counseling, audits, investigations, and litigation. Our distinguished team of legal professionals are renowned for their deep understanding of IP law and significant experience in patent litigation, International Trade Commission (ITC) Section 337 investigations, copyright and trademark disputes, privacy matters, trade secrets disputes, and IP transactions. We are committed to staying at the forefront of technological advancements to ensure that clients receive the most strategic and current counsel, and exceptional results, in the complex and groundbreaking cases shaping the high-tech, biotech, pharmaceutical, and digital media industries.

    More than 60 Winston IP attorneys hold technical degrees. Our team includes former Federal Circuit and district court clerks, U.S. and Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and patent examiners. We regularly litigate IP disputes before the Federal Circuit, the ITC, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), state courts, and arbitration tribunals.

    Key Contacts

    Jennifer GolinveauxNimalka WickramasekeraDanielle Williams
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    Patent Litigation
    Trademark Litigation, Prosecution & Brand Protection
    Copyright-Infringement Litigation
    Trade Secrets, Non Competes & Restrictive Covenants
    IP Licensing & Due Diligence
    ITC – Section 337
    Privacy & Data Security
    Life Sciences
    Medical Devices
    Technology, Media & Telecommunications

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