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Textiles

About

Textiles is part of our work in Chemical, Industrial, and Materials, and Consumer Goods and Services.

Textiles are fashionable, “smart,” innovative, and life-saving

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.

Understanding the law, science, and technology

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 60 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:

  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Bioengineering and biomedical devices
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical and process engineering
  • Electrical-mechanical systems
  • Fashion
  • Industrial manufacturing
  • Machine technology
  • Materials
  • Nanotechnology
  • Polymer science
  • Robotics
  • Semiconductors
  • Software
  • Sports and fitness
  • Wearable electronics

We help by:

  • Protecting against infringement through litigation, post-grant Patent Office challenges, and other dispute resolution options
  • Drafting and prosecuting utility and design patent applications
  • Writing opinions and providing ongoing counseling for new and evolving technologies
  • Developing licensing programs
  • Analyzing competitors’ IP to avoid infringement and identify weaknesses in their portfolios
  • Counseling on R&D options to minimize IP obstacles
  • Developing portfolio management strategies
  • Developing trade secret protection strategies
  • Conducting internal audits and investigations regarding trade secret misappropriation
  • Litigating trade secret misappropriation cases before state courts, federal courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and arbitration panels
  • Drafting appropriate nondisclosure contracts with employees and third parties
  • Providing trademark prosecution and counseling services
  • Protecting copyrights in textile design

Contacts

Everyone in this industry

Experience

E. I. du Pont de Nemours v. Synvina C.V.

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.

Certain Woven Textile Fabrics and Products 
Defended Welspun in an investigation involving importation of woven textile fabrics.

337-TA-976, ITC, Judge Essex

A fabric design gets the protection it deserves
After its own efforts at registering a fabric design failed, a couture fashion client came to Finnegan to handle the appeal and obtain protection for its coveted and often-infringed pattern. Our knowledge of U.S. Copyright Office appeal procedures and substantive law persuaded the Office to overturn the examiner’s decision and register the design.
Pucci International, Ltd. v. Emilio Pucci International B.V.
Counsel for fashion house Emilio Pucci in successful litigation against company attempting to register a similar name at the USPTO.

Opp. No. 92047394, TTAB, Judge Vogler

Danaklon Americas v. Hercules, Inc.
Represented Hercules in patent infringement suit involving polypropylene fibers that resulted in settlement favorable to Hercules.

1:95-cv-03149, N.D. Ga., Judge Camp

Insights

Webinar

IP Issues Facing the Textiles and Materials Industries

September 30, 2020

Webinar

European IP Blog

The Do’s and Don’ts of Further Processing

August 6, 2020

INCONTESTABLE® Blog

Copyright Win Falls Apart at the Seams on Challenge to Registration Validity

July 14, 2020

INCONTESTABLE® Blog

Kawhi Leonard’s Fight for the “Claw”: An Oregon Court Holds that Nike Owns the “Claw Design” Logo

June 18, 2020

Podcasts

Podcast-Fed-Circuit-Series

May 2020 - Last Month at the Federal Circuit Podcast Series

May 31, 2020

Federal Circuit IP Blog

Podcast Series: Last Month at the Federal Circuit - May 2020

May 2020

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