Textiles is part of our work in Chemicals, Industrials, and Materials, and Consumer Goods and Services.
From protecting vulnerable crops, helping doctors improve their patient’s lives, and monitoring your vital signs, to improving the comfort of your clothing—textiles are everywhere. Textiles comprise a broad and diverse range of products used in myriad applications. This diversity is one factor that makes the textile industry a prime market for advancement and invention. And this has proven to be the case; cutting-edge technology and innovation have led to rapid growth in the textile industry in recent years. Finnegan understands the challenges in establishing new technologies or combining existing ones in non-traditional ways for designing, developing, and manufacturing fibers and fabric, all while addressing the business demands to generate value and protect their strands of innovation.
Our professionals have expertise in a wide swath of technologies relevant for the multi-disciplinary textile industry, including textile engineering and textile technology; chemical, polymer, and material engineering; industrial manufacturing; mechanical engineering; nanotechnology; and other related fields. Many of our professionals have had successful careers as engineers, research scientists, patent examiners, and in-house counsel. More than 65 hold doctorates, and more than 110 have master of science degrees. This exceptional depth positions Finnegan to help clients navigate the complex technical and legal issues of the textile industry.
Finnegan professionals have secured, analyzed, commercialized, enforced, and/or defended clients’ IP assets in virtually every technology area associated with the advanced textile industry:
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After the ITC issued a general exclusion order, Finnegan obtained a formal U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ruling in favor of client VILOX Sweden AB, determining that vinyl floor panels imported by VILOX’s licensees do not infringe certain Mohawk Industries Inc. patents and, therefore, are not subject to the exclusion order and can be imported into the United States.
Inv. No. 337-TA-1155, ITC
22-cv-09752, S.D.N.Y., Judge Abrams
2:21-cv-00310, D. Ariz., Judge Burns
Represented DuPont and ADM in a successful Federal Circuit appeal from an IPR proceeding, resulting in reversal of the PTAB’s decision and invalidation of all challenged claims of Synvina’s patent directed to production of 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid.
17-1977, Fed. Cir.
337-TA-976, ITC, Judge Essex
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