- Lead counsel representing one of the country’s largest fire truck manufacturers in a patent infringement matter against one of its main competitors in the Middle District of Florida. Obtained a preliminary injunction preventing the competitor from selling its accused fire truck during the pendency of the suit and defended the injunction on appeal. Also defeated multiple IPR petitions filed by the defendants.
- Lead counsel representing a leading oil and gas service provider in a patent infringement suit against one of its competitors in the District of Minnesota in which the court ruled definitively for the first time that U.S. patent law applies to U.S.-flagged vessels operating outside U.S. territorial limits.
- Representing a major medical device manufacturer in a patent and trademark infringement suit in the District of Delaware against one of its key competitors. Defeated multiple IPR petitions filed by the defendants.
- Represented a leading oil and gas service provider in a Federal Circuit appeal reversing a lower-court decision and finding personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant.
- Represented an international beverage maker in a Federal Circuit appeal affirming a finding of patent-ineligible subject matter.
- Lead counsel for a leading oil and gas service provider in a series of arbitrations against a competitor.
- Represented a refuse-truck manufacturer in defense of a patent infringement claim in the Northern District of Georgia.
- Representing a leading medical device maker in an infringement claim against its competitor in the District of Delaware.
- Represented numerous retailers in the Eastern District of Virginia in defense of patent infringement claims by nonpracticing entities and transferred the cases to the retailers’ home districts.
- Lead counsel in several patent infringement suits in the Eastern District of Texas brought by a leading oil field services company against some of its major competitors.
- Lead counsel defending one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies in defense of patent and unfair competition claims brought by one of its competitors in the District of Maryland.
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- Email: scott.pivnick@alston.com
Scott is a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive experience litigating patent and trademark infringement matters before U.S. district courts, the ITC and the Federal Circuit. When companies need a litigator experienced in coordinating multifront enforcement or defense actions, they turn to Scott, who has a proven track record of obtaining results while keeping costs in check.