Williams & Connolly LLP has extensive experience in litigation and counseling in all areas of intellectual property law throughout courts nationwide and in international and domestic arbitrations, and administrative proceedings before government agencies. Recently, the firm successfully represented MedImmune, Inc. in its appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. In an 8-1 reversal of the lower court, the Supreme Court held that MedImmune was not required to break or terminate its license agreement before suing to challenge the licensor's patent. The firm also successfully represented an emerging biotechnology company through trial to the Federal Circuit in a patent infringement action over an extracellular matrix that promotes the regeneration of new tissue. The firm also pursued claims on behalf of the film and music industries against Internet file swapping services and search engines who engage in unauthorized distribution and copyright violations.

The breadth of the firm's experience is detailed on the following pages in the descriptions of the specific areas of its intellectual property practice:

• Patent litigation involving products as diverse as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, computer systems, telecommunications equipment, and other high-technology products, racing sails, computerized lotteries, and semiconductors.
• Copyright claims in areas such as news publications, the cable television industry, computerized standardized testing, motion pictures, and the distribution of copyrighted works via the Internet.
• Trademark and trade dress claims relating to internet domain names, corporate names, pet products, clothing apparel, and cologne.
• Lanham Act false advertising and unfair trade practices claims involving standardized test preparation, dietary supplements, rental cars, membership clubs, and multi-level marketing.
• Trade Secrets litigation protecting businesses' confidential information from unfair exploitation by competitors or defending against claims of misappropriation.