Experience

Media

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Media is part of our work in Communications and Hospitality, Gaming, and Leisure.

Protection to reach your audience

Like most industries, the recording and distribution of audio and visual content has seen rapid advancements in large part due to the Internet. With new media platforms constantly being created, content providers and distributors are tasked with protecting their content and technology in an everchanging landscape. Finnegan’s industry experience covers the entire spectrum from production to consumption. From accusations of copyright infringement and trademark protection to patent enforcement, we assist media companies in leveraging their IP. We are intimately familiar with IP issues surrounding the Internet and telecommunications companies, including licensing, standards-essential and non-essential patents, and privacy.

Understanding the law, science, and technology

Strong IP protection has been essential to advancing the media industry and remains key to its continued growth. We have the legal experience and technical expertise to help all clients manage the various issues that arise when protecting their innovations.

As our media clients continue to develop cutting edge technologies, we help by:

Drafting and prosecuting patents for high-value products and technologies
Writing opinions and providing ongoing counseling for new and existing technologies
Litigating high value products in district and appellate courts with experienced trial and appellate teams
Defending clients’ interests in, complex patent interferences, reexamination proceedings, and post-grant review proceedings
Structuring, drafting, and negotiating IP license agreements
Providing trademark prosecution and counseling services

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Everyone in this industry

Experience

Represented respondent LG Electronics in a litigation and ITC action concerning certain media technologies in smartphones and televisions, home theater systems, Blu-ray disc players, and tablets. Following trial, all four asserted patents were found not infringed and/or invalid.

337-TA-882, ITC, Judge Shaw

Representing petitioner Unified Patents in IPR matter involving patent allegedly covering HEVC technology.

IPR2019-00720, PTAB

Secured three non-institution decisions on inter partes review (IPR) petitions for three patents related to electronic drum kit technology for client inMusic.

IPR2018-00332, -00335, -00396 , PTAB, Judges Chagnon, Jivani, Stephens, Margolies

Represented Sony Interactive in a patent infringement case involving software for transmitting, delivering, and/or interfacing with digital content.

5:17-cv-01098, N.D. Cal., Judges Davila, Van Keulen, Westmore

Represented and argued for patent owner OpenTV; PTAB issued decision confirming all challenged claims as patentable.

IPR2015-00969, PTAB, Judges Arpin, McKone, Moore

Represented plaintiff OpenTV and related Kudelski Group companies in two separate district court cases against Apple relating to OpenTV patents covering content delivery, digital image management, and content and device security, resulting in a settlement.

3:14-cv-01622; 5:15-cv-02008, N.D. Cal., Judges Cousins, Davila, Freeman, Gillam, Ryu, Tigar, Westmore

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