"Unfair competition" refers to a situation where businesses or individuals engage in dishonest, unethical, or unjust practices to gain an advantage over others in the marketplace. It includes activities like misleading advertising, copying designs or ideas without permission, fixing prices, or exploiting workers.
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We are seeing an explosion of
unfair competition law claims against lawyers, by lawyers, and against online legal service providers.
We are a law firm that caters to startups and online businesses, and as such, we've handled hundreds
of unfair competition law matters.
As part of our litigation practice, we represent plaintiffs and defendants
in unfair competition litigation in state and federal courts.
The measure includes border tax adjustments to protect energy - intensive domestic industry from
unfair competition from nations that haven't enacted carbon taxes.
His litigation practice encompasses business disputes involving corporate, real estate, intellectual property, commercial, and
unfair competition matters across many industries.
Animals shouldn't suffer because their owners can't afford veterinary care, but a vocal minority of veterinarians views subsidized care
as unfair competition.
The four - year dispute involved claims of
unfair competition by one of the company's former foreign distributors.
She regularly advises on branding and marketing campaigns, strategic brand positioning,
unfair competition disputes and product launches.
The firm's IP lawyers have extensive experience addressing concerns of clients
facing unfair competition from businesses operating under deceptive terms.
See our IP and Business Litigation service line page for additional information
about unfair competition litigation legal services.
We have an extensive understanding of the federal and state laws that protect intellectual property, including federal patent, copyright, and trademark statutes, and laws
governing unfair competition and trade secrets.
As part of his complex commercial litigation practice, he regularly represents clients
in unfair competition, restrictive covenant, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and partnership disputes.
She advises on the full range of trade mark and
unfair competition law matters, including contentious aspects relating to trade mark infringement.
Whether it's misconduct by a current employee or
unfair competition from a former employee, someone is always crossing the line.
Any business with employees or confidential information has potential issues related to claims
of unfair competition.
Most states adopted franchise laws in the 20th century for various types of commerce, including car sales, to protect local franchisees from
unfair competition by the companies whose products they sell.
What the team is known for Covers a broad range of contentious matters, including parallel import,
unfair competition cases and related litigation.
Bringing and responding to proceedings against former employees to
prevent unfair competition or the improper use or disclosure of confidential or sensitive information.
Moreover, Driesler says, the move by NationsBank creates the potential
for unfair competition between a major national lender like NationsBank and small real estate companies whose resources pale in comparison.
Because California statutes and state rules of court frequently present unique challenges for corporate defendants, the Los Angeles litigation group has teamed with its counterparts in K&L Gates» San Francisco, Palo Alto and Orange County offices to organize a California litigation practice that offers niche competencies in addressing special challenges such as
California Unfair Competition Law (Section 17200) lawsuits.
Represented manufacturer of specialty chemical products in
unfair competition lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions and obtained injunctive relief preventing competitor's deceptive marketing practices and misappropriation of proprietary product information.
In the intellectual property area, Mr. Fitzgerald has successfully prosecuted and defended copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secret and false advertising /
unfair competition actions for Akamai Technologies, Bare Escentuals, Charlotte Russe, the Famous San Diego Chicken, Gen - Probe, HBO, Minnesota Manufacturing & Mining (3M), Nissan, Rice University, ScubaPro, TaylorMade Golf, and other intellectual property owners.
The Trademark and Copyright Law blog is authored by members of the firm's Trademark, Copyright &
Unfair Competition practice group, and edited by Foley Hoag partners Julia Huston and David Kluft.
At Foley Hoag, our Trademark, Copyright and
Unfair Competition attorneys understand the importance of these assets, which is why clients turn to us to take swift action when those assets are being challenged or must be asserted against others.
Author, «California's
Unfair Competition Act: Will it Give Rise to Yet Another «Wave» in Smoking and Health Litigation?»
Her litigation and counseling practices also
include unfair competition, DMCA violations, computer fraud, and technology law issues involving social media, IoT, cybersecurity, blockchain, and cloud computing.
A dispute between a UK company and a German competitor over alleged breaches of
German unfair competition law and the German Civil Code, arising from alleged conspiracy to poach staff and customers)
After a four - year battle, LTL Attorneys LLP won a significant case in September when an arbitrator denied a multimillion - dollar
unfair competition claim against a client that manufactures flash memory storage devices.
In congressional testimony, he noted that «making false or misleading statements about a dietary supplement in a consumer transaction violates many states» consumer protection, antifraud and
unfair competition statutes.»
Perkins Coie's IP practice includes more than 250 lawyers focused on IP litigation, post-grant proceedings, patent and trademark prosecution, strategic portfolio counseling, technology licensing, copyrights, and trade secret and
unfair competition counseling.
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