LFF Partner Dentons Presents: A Global Business Support Hub on Ukraine/Russia Crisis
By Dentons LLP
Mar 15, 2022
Driven to provide clients a competitive edge, and connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, Dentons knows that understanding local cultures is crucial to successfully completing a deal, resolving a dispute or solving a business challenge.
Dentons is the world’s largest law firm, connecting talent to the world’s challenges and opportunities in more than 75 countries. Dentons’ legal and business solutions benefit from deep roots in our communities and award-winning advancements in client service, including Nextlaw, Dentons’ innovation and strategic advisory services. Dentons’ polycentric and purpose-driven approach, commitment to inclusion and diversity, and world-class talent challenge the status quo to advance client and community interests in the New Dynamic. Learn more at www.dentons.com.
With more than 100 lawyers and practitioners, situated across 19 of Dentons’ 36 US offices, the Intellectual Property and Technology (IPT) practice offers a full range of services, including prosecution and/or registration of patent, trademark and copyright applications; portfolio maintenance, including renewal of IP rights; litigation and other IP enforcement, including anti-counterfeiting programs; and asset valuation and monetization, including patent, technology and brand licensing and venture formation.
Our patent team works collaboratively with companies, inventors and universities to secure patent rights in the US and globally and to prevent competitors from infringing on their innovations. Our involvement begins at the beginning—sitting down with clients to determine whether protection is necessary and, if so, what kind would be most appropriate. More than 75 members of our group have advanced engineering or science degrees, including more than 20 PhDs, and/or industry experience in electrical engineering, computer science, biological sciences and other patent-heavy areas. More than 80 members of the team are USPTO-registered. The group’s combined knowledge of engineering and science technologies, combined with real-world experience have greatly enhanced the success rate of non-infringement and invalidity issues in patent litigation.
Our IP litigation team has handled complex IP disputes brought by and against many of the world’s largest companies. But we also represent smaller companies, rights holders and individual inventors seeking to enforce or defend against the assertion of patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright claims. Our core enforcement and defense team are experienced trial lawyers who bring to each case a mastery of courtroom strategy and, for patent cases, an understanding of the intricacies of the technology at issue. Working in close coordination with the patent prosecution practice, the litigation team also handles complex third-party challenges before the USPTO, including post-grant reviews (PGRs), inter partes reviews (IPRs) and covered business method reviews (CBMRs).
The trademarks, copyrights and advertising team members have particular experience assisting clients in the retail, entertainment, consumer products and financial services sectors in developing and implementing comprehensive strategies across all global markets for trademark and copyright clearance, registration and portfolio management; rights protection, including monitoring markets for unauthorized uses; and portfolio performance, including licensing/sale and purchase opportunities.
Key service areas
The global Luxury, Fashion and Beauty group provides a true insight and operational understanding of the sector. With over 60 members, our group delivers international experience to structure, develop and protect your brand and your assets. With a business-minded approach, we assist clients to resolve global, local and industry-specific issues.
Our current internationally dedicated Luxury, Fashion and Beauty team originated in Paris and has expanded around the world. We have been acting for more than 30 years as counsel for world-renowned fashion, luxury and cosmetics houses. Across all Dentons offices, our multi-skilled team provides you with high-quality service whether your business is in product design, manufacturing and licensing, boutique opening, sales or distribution, financing, sourcing or business development. We work closely and share resources with other actors in this industry such as international trade fairs organizers, fashion and designers councils and national and professional associations of leading luxury brands.
The fashion and luxury industry features unique characteristics: often fast-moving product cycles, durability and heritage, trend and style globalization. As attention to detail is paramount, we have developed an in-depth understanding of these features. We provide you with legal substance.
Today our team includes lawyers covering general advisory, transactional and regulatory work, as well as arbitration and litigation before national and EU authorities and jurisdictions. Our lawyers are experienced in intellectual property, distribution, consumer and retail, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, litigation (including trademark and patent litigation) and arbitration, customs and trade, labor, competition, e-commerce, real estate, and tax law.
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Dentons’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution team has distinguished itself as the choice for companies facing high-stakes and complex litigation and international arbitration across the globe. Our clients benefit from our deep experience, and value the insight and creativity we bring to every assignment.
Whether we are defending the most high-profile class actions in the United States, navigating clients through multifaceted infrastructure and energy-related disputes, responding to catastrophic insurance claims, or protecting our clients’ contractual interests and cutting-edge technology around the world, our aim is simple: produce cost-effective, winning results so our clients can focus on their business.
Our creative resolve also extends beyond the courts and formal arbitration. If we can convince opponents of the error of their ways without the need for litigation, so much the better. Our international disputes team comprises specialists and mediators, experienced in all forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to help you reach the optimal result for your company.
At Dentons—whatever the dispute—you get a relentless advocate with in-depth experience in the subject at hand. With more than 700 lawyers worldwide, we are leaders in our field with industry knowledge and a multi-disciplinary approach. We are proud of our track record of successfully protecting our clients’ interests. We stand ready to protect you, too.
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