Intellectual Property
USA Guide 2024 : Oregon
Band 3
About
Provided by Perkins Coie LLP
Perkins Coie’s IP practice includes more than 250 lawyers focused on IP litigation, post-grant proceedings, patent and trademark prosecution, strategic portfolio counseling, technology licensing, copyrights, and trade secret and unfair competition counseling. Its clients include companies in all technologies and industries around the world. The IP practice has extensive experience litigating patent and trademark infringement actions, internet disputes, trade secret, and gray market and anti-counterfeiting claims for companies in the online, biotechnology, medical products and electronics industries. More than 175 of Perkins Coie’s attorneys have degrees in electrical engineering, computer science and life sciences-related fields. Perkins Coie’s clients benefit from its interdisciplinary approach to matters, which combines extensive legal and technical experience with strong corporate and litigation resources in a leading technology law firm. Our Portland IP attorneys represent sophisticated and demanding purchasers of IP legal services in markets throughout the U.S., including premier technology companies headquartered in Oregon and throughout the U.S.
Chambers Review
Perkins Coie has a full-service IP practice skilled in a wide scope of prosecution, counseling and litigation matters. The firm offers notable expertise in the patent arena and has a strong track record in Hatch-Waxman litigation. It acts for clients in a variety of industry sectors, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, computing, financial services and apparel. The team possesses extensive experience handling trademark protection for blue-chip international clients, notably in the consumer goods industry. It is further highlighted for its expertise in trade secret misappropriation cases.
Work Highlights
- Perkins Coie represented Good Clean Love and Vaginal Biome Science in a trademarks infringement case against Epoch NE Corporation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Perkins IP team has an amazing ability to break even the most complex matters down into manageable pieces while never losing sight of the big picture."
"Perkins has a deep bench and whatever problem arises, there is an expert available."
"The Perkins IP team has an amazing ability to break even the most complex matters down into manageable pieces while never losing sight of the big picture."
"Perkins has a deep bench and whatever problem arises, there is an expert available."
Notable Practitioners
Julia Markley receives plaudits for her litigation expertise in claims related to trade secrets and e-commerce. She is also active on copyright infringement and unfair competition cases.
"I have always been very happy with her work and everything she has done. She has a great handle on the law and always knows what to do."
"Julia has always demonstrated extreme professionalism in every way."
"She has an excellent reputation in Portland."
Renée Rothauge is an accomplished litigator with considerable experience handling intellectual property cases. She chairs the trial practice group at Perkins Coie.
"Renee has been a pleasure to work with."
Stephen Feldman is a well-respected intellectual property litigator, who demonstrates significant knowledge of trademark infringement and dilution. He possesses further expertise handling trade secrets cases.
Ranked Lawyers at
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