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Textiles

About

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

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

From protecting crops from damage, helping doctors improve the lives of their patients, monitoring your vital signs, tracking your location, to improving the comfort of your clothing—textiles are everywhere. Textiles comprise a broad and diverse range of products used in a wide range of 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; new cutting-edge technology and innovation have led to rapid growth in the textile industry in recent years. As companies develop the technology driving these innovations, Finnegan is ready to help companies protect and enforce their intellectual property (IP) rights.

Legal strength, experience, and insight

The multidisciplinary nature of the textile industry requires professionals with technological breadth as well as deep understanding of a broad array of IP laws. In addition to Finnegan’s legal experience in the complex field of IP, our attorneys have expertise in a wide swath of relevant technologies, 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 also had successful careers as engineers, research scientists, patent examiners, and in-house counsel. And 60+ of our professionals hold doctoral degrees, and more than 120 have Master of Science degrees in disciplines highly relevant to this field. This exceptional depth positions Finnegan to help our clients navigate the complex technical and legal issues of the textile industry.

Finnegan understands the challenges of establishing new technologies and combining existing technologies in non-traditional ways, while addressing the business demands to generate value. We work with innovative clients of all sizes, including Fortune 100, Global 1000, and public and private organizations whose products fall within the textile industry, providing a full range of services, from education on IP protection, to monetization strategies, to enforcement in the United States and abroad. We can address virtually every type of IP issue for our clients in the textile industry. Our experience includes:

Drafting and prosecuting utility and design patent applications
Writing opinions and providing ongoing counseling for new and evolving technologies
Developing licensing programs
Conducting due diligence investigations
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
Protecting against infringement through litigation, post-grant Patent Office challenges, and other dispute resolution options
Developing trade secret protection strategies
Litigating trade secret misappropriation cases before state courts, federal courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and arbitration panels
Conducting internal audits and investigations regarding trade secret misappropriation
Drafting appropriate nondisclosure contracts with employees and third parties
Providing trademark prosecution and counseling services
Protecting copyrights in textile design

Rich technical experience

Finnegan attorneys have secured, analyzed, commercialized, enforced, and/or defended the IP assets of clients in virtually every technology area associated the advanced textile industry:

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

Contacts

Everyone in this industry

Experience

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.

Defended Welspun in an investigation involving importation of woven textile fabrics.

337-TA-976, ITC, Judge Essex

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.

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

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