Chapman, Popik & White

Intellectual Property Litigation

CPW attorneys represent plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving intellectual property claims under the patent, trade secret, trademark, and copyright laws. The firm has handled cases involving inventor disputes, the misappropriation of trade secrets, the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements, trademark, service mark and trade dress infringement, and unfair competition. Our clients have included companies in the fields of biotechnology, semiconductors, sports and entertainment, the arts and literature, and many others. Some of the matters we have handled are described below.

Representative Cases

Represented an automobile manufacturer and its advertising agency against copyright claims by a world famous rock group that defendants misappropriated the group's signature song for use in defendant's commercials.
Protected professional athlete whose action photograph in a trade magazine was appropriated without permission for use on the cover of a video game.
Represented public university in prosecution of patent claims in which defendant had applied for series of biomedical patents without identifying University faculty member as inventor.
Represented creator of software to enhance oil exploration in claims against Petro China arising out of the theft of proprietary source code, including claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Protected professional artist who challenged the unauthorized use of images and concepts in connection with online sales.
Represented holder of patents in defense of claim that the patents had been developed while the patent holder was employed by plaintiff.
Represented defendant state firefighters’ association in trademark infringement action alleging that a link on defendant's website directed persons to a third party vendor who sold emblems that plaintiff alleged infringed its trademark.
Represented defendant in an action for breach of licensing agreement for software.
Represented defendant in theft of trade secret matter relating to bacterial testing technology.
Protected literary and broadcasting rights of Albert Payson Terhune.
Protected copyright and service mark rights of "Answer Man."

ATTORNEYS
Bill Chapman, John Heller, J. Michael Matthews, David Nied, David J. Romanski