Dunnegan & Scileppi LLC litigates intellectual property and commercial disputes. We offer representation comparable in quality to major New York City firms. Our attorneys have represented clients that have prevailed in trials and/or appeals against adversaries represented by large firms, including Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Fish & Neave (now Ropes & Gray), Greenberg Traurig and Jenner & Block.
We represent our clients at lower hourly rates and without unnecessary support services that those firms may tie to their partners. Our goal is, and always will be, to deliver more value to our clients than they can find elsewhere.
The core of our practice involves representing intellectual property owners in litigation programs.
- We represent a group of educational publishers in a program to enforce their copyrights and trademarks against the sale of pirated books and the importation of foreign editions.
- We represent a promoter of live musical performances by 1950s style groups in protecting, and defending, his trademarks associated with those groups.
- We represent a group of publishers of scientific, technology and medical journals in actions asserting claims for subscription fraud.
We currently represent the following public companies, among others, in IP litigation:
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Pearson Education, Inc.
- The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
On October 12, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States granted our petition for a writ of certiorari in Global-Tech Appliances Inc. v. SEB S.A, 10 - 06, The Court on May 31, 2011 affirmed in an 8-1 decision, with Justice Kennedy dissenting. The Court did, however, significantly depart from the standard for secondary liability for patent infringement set forth by the Federal Circuit. Read more.
If you are facing the prospect of an IP litigation, ranging from a routine enforcement action to a case involving cutting-edge legal or technical issues, we welcome you to contact us.
