经验

体育、健身及户外娱乐

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体育、健身及户外娱乐是本所业务分支，下属于 服务、游戏与娱乐休闲, and 消费品和服务业.

变化的市场

体育和健身行业在飞速进化发展。尽管体育和健身通常与体育用品和健身器材联系在一起，但是体育和健身行业已经不再局限于传统产品。虽然传统产品仍保有销路，公司也不断致力于在此方面作出改进，但随着扩张，体育和健身行业将越来越多人希望通过高性能和积极生活产品增强体质的健身需求纳入考虑。从面向注重保健的消费者的手机应用程序到面向竞技运动员的数据测量穿戴式电子产品，各式各样的高性能和生活产品已经成为了主流。为了紧跟客户需求，公司承担着创造、制造和品牌推广新颖和创新产品的任务。然而，在激烈的市场份额竞争背景下，保护产品的品牌价值和潜在知识产权（IP）对其短期和长期成功都是至关重要的。美国飞翰律师事务所长期致力帮助客户开发、保护和维护其知识产权，让公司在拥挤不堪和不断变化的市场中保持竞争力。

坚实的法律和技术专家队伍助力保护体育和健身行业进步

保护体育和健身行业取得的进步需要一支跨领域知识产权团队。美国飞翰律师事务所的律师和专业人员在知识产权的各个领域拥有丰富的经验。其中，45名专业人员曾任职美国专利审查员，多人拥有健身相关领域的工作经验。我们长期致力于在知识产权的各个领域代表体育和健身行业的公司，包括战略性建设管理商标和专利组合，开展尽职调查以及提供知识产权管理和货币战略咨询。我们的第一手经验包括保健和健身跟踪系统、可穿戴式智能医疗设备、保健消费品、消费性电子产品、人造体育运动场、诊断移动应用程序、体育服装、针对保健和健身的商业方法以及体育和健身器材相关的机械技术。

从获取新发明的专利到制定胜诉策略，我们为体育和健身客户提供全方位的服务，其中包括：

通过诉讼或其他争议解决方案防止侵权。
开展授权后复审程序和出席专利审判和上诉委员会审理，包括双方复审。
针对新产品和演化产品撰写意见并提供持续咨询服务。
开展以客户业务需求和法律需求为重点的发明捕捉会议。
制定和执行专利申请策略，打造强大的知识产权。
分析竞争对手的知识产权，避免侵权行为，找出差距和弱点。
提供专利与商标申请和咨询服务。

不同客户群
我们同各种规模的创新客户合作，包括：

职业网球联合会（ATP World Tour）
美国岱宇国际（Dyaco International）
海德（Head Sport）
捷安特（Giant Bicycles）
美国摩腾（Molten USA）
美国橄榄球联盟球员协会（NFL Players Association）
Performance Sports Group（前身Bauer Performance Sports）
Total Gym Fitness
安德玛（Under Armour）

该行业领域内的专业人员

经验

Finnegan assists Acushnet Company, a leading manufacturer of golf equipment, clothing, and accessories, with the development and protection of its patent portfolio through strategic patent drafting and prosecution across a variety of technologies.

Advised a cycling-focused startup on the preparation and prosecution of a foundational patent application, which played a key role in its acquisition by a global leader in GPS-enabled technology across fitness, outdoor, marine, automotive, and aviation markets.

After a four-day trial, secured a jury ruling for Under Armour that Armorina’s use of the ARMORINA mark constitutes trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trademark dilution.

1:19-cv-02417, D. Md., Judge Boardman

Represented Maglula Ltd. in a one-of-a-kind district court litigation including patent, trademark, and copyright claims over Maglula’s assertions that Amazon sold counterfeit consumer products. After the Court issued an order (i) denying Amazon’s motion for summary judgment; (ii) finding “Amazon's attempts to avoid liability … will have minimal impact before a jury”; (iii) reflecting the Court’s belief that "not [] even the most persuasive presentation of Amazon’s evidence would make one iota of difference to a jury”; and (iv) requiring the parties to engage in mediation, the parties entered into an agreement and the case was dismissed.

1:19-cv-01570, E.D. Va., Judge O'Grady

Obtained preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and damages in high-profile infringement in China. The Supreme People’s Court, the highest court in China, affirmed the decision, securing a complete win for Under Armour.

Fujian Higher People's Court

Represented licensees and licensors in patent and trade secret license negotiations involving standard-essential patents (SEPs), semiconductor or integrated circuit (IC) patents, semiconductor process patents, factory management and automation patents, fitness equipment patents, telecommunication patents, computer networking patents, and other technologies in dozens of license negotiations; represented global companies in various IP license and cross license negotiations, presented and countered infringement assertions, formulated license terms and business arrangements, and prepared license agreements involving SEP patents, non-SEP patents, FRAND issues, MFN issues, audit provisions, arbitration mechanisms, etc.