About

Provided by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Hunton’s intellectual property team works with client innovators to protect, defend, obtain, monetize, and avoid infringing patent, trade secret, trademark, trade dress, trade name, and copyright rights. Our team provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary services designed to handle the most pressing IP issues facing our clients, including prosecution, portfolio management, licensing, litigation, post-grant proceedings, UDRP proceedings, advertising compliance, unfair competition, rights of publicity and privacy, trade secret protection, and due diligence. We manage the full life cycle of client intellectual property assets, and seek to develop strong, defensible portfolios that align with each client’s specific goals. We serve clients ranging from small startups to Fortune® 100 corporations, across diverse industries including retail, consumer products, energy, automotive, manufacturing, telecommunications, life sciences, financial services, real estate development, and more. Informed by decades of practice and real-world technical experience, we approach each client’s intellectual property portfolio as part of an overall business plan and develop strategies tailored to fit the plan.

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - Virginia: Southern

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What the Team is Known For

Hunton Andrews Kurth has a preeminent practice that benefits from a deep bench of experienced practitioners. It is highly regarded for its work in relation to patents, trademarks and copyright in both a contentious and noncontentious context. The firm's clients range from major global corporations to local startups. The team possesses a strong track record of handling post-grant administrative proceedings.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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John Gary Maynard
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John Gary Maynard
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John Gary Maynard has considerable experience across a range of contentious and noncontentious IP matters. He is particularly focused on brand protection issues.

John Gary is simply one of the best lawyers with whom I have worked. Plus he is smart, funny and works well with our entire organization.

John Gary is an excellent attorney.

Stephen P Demm
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Stephen P Demm
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Stephen Demm is noted for his strong knowledge of trademark matters. As well as representing clients before the courts and in enforcement proceedings, he also advises on the management of large IP portfolios.

Stephen is a strong trademark attorney.

Steve brings deep intellectual property expertise, especially trademark law. He is a gifted litigator. His brand protection legal advice and guidance is informed by his litigation experience.

Maya M Eckstein
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Maya M Eckstein
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Maya Eckstein is well regarded for her IP disputes practice, representing clients in patent and trademark litigation.

Maya is a great attorney.

She's a phenomenal patent litigator.

Ranked Lawyers at
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

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Virginia: Southern

Intellectual Property

John Gary Maynard
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John Gary Maynard
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Stephen P Demm
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Stephen P Demm
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Maya M Eckstein
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Maya M Eckstein
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Members

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Andre Earls

Matthew Nigriny

Tyler Maddry