Technology IP Litigation

Cahill’s Technology IP Litigation practice brings together a deep bench of market leading plaintiff-side first-chair trial lawyers who, time and again, win high-stakes and high-value litigation on behalf of their clients. Our team is deeply valued by clients for its commitment and dedication to providing broader counsel to protect client innovations and enforce client interests outside of the courtroom.

Our clients range from emerging start-ups to established global companies, from universities to private equity portfolio companies, as they strive to solve seemingly intractable challenges through the creative and groundbreaking application of technological innovation.

Our team handles matters across a diverse range of technology and tech-enabled industries, including computer systems and software, semiconductors, cybersecurity, telecommunications, mobile technology, electronics, consumer products, mechanical devices, and oil and gas. We represent companies in competitor-vs.-competitor cases, where we uphold our clients’ rights in the U.S. and internationally through our unique value proposition.

By providing innovation management and litigation services on a prospective basis, our lawyers assist clients from initial due diligence and evaluation, through licensing campaigns, litigation, appeal, and enforcement and collection of judgments. We cultivate a resource ecosystem that develops and analyzes cases and otherwise supports our clients’ objectives. We focus on providing attractive alternative fee structures to stakeholders, who frequently face pressure to deliver returns on valuable legal claims while minimizing legal spend, including universities and private equity portfolio companies, among others. 

We support our clients through the full innovation life cycle, in subject areas including:

• Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement
• False Advertising/Lanham Act
• Commercial Torts
• Antitrust
• Research & Development Counseling
• Patent Sales
• Licensing Target Identification
• Licensing Agreements
• Patent Infringement Litigation
• Licensing Agreement Litigation
• ITC Section 337 Litigation
• EU Unified Patent Court Litigation