- Representing a Fortune 500 company in asserting trademark infringement and false advertising claims relating to gray market importation of the company’s products.
- Defended a Fortune 50 company against patent infringement claims relating to video surveillance systems.
- Represented a Fortune 500 company in asserting more than a dozen patents relating to industrial control software against a competitor in the International Trade Commission and district court.
- Defended a software company for the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets relating to rock-crushing technology.
- Asserted theft of trade secrets and misappropriation claims for a nationally recognized telecommunications company involving advertising software.
- Asserted patent infringement of numerous patents that related to a Fortune 500 company’s advanced linear motor technology.
- Obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on behalf of a Fortune 500 company, preventing a foreign company from selling in the U.S. a product that infringed on the client’s patents.
- Won a strategic $10.1 million patent infringement jury verdict related to industrial automation and information technology.
- Negotiated and settled a lawsuit for a financial software developer related to a copyright and trade dress infringement lawsuit involving the look and feel of graphical user interfaces.
- Asserted breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets claims relating to power over Ethernet and semiconductor technology.
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- Phone: 212.210.9438
- Email: paul.tanck@alston.com
Having litigated traditional forms of intellectual property at trial and on appeal before the Federal Circuit, as well as fostering creative approaches to thwarting gray market goods, Paul has the right knowledge and experience to protect the intellectual property and brand reputation of his Fortune 500 clients.