Saturday, November 16, 2013

The ins and outs of patent and trade secret litigation


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One of the most important factors to achieve success in business is the ability to protect and effectively leverage one’s patents and trade secrets. This is why many businesses work closely with legal advisors to form better strategies that defend the company’s most valued assets from other entities that seek to unlawfully copy or steal their revolutionary ideas or products.

Mr. Brad Lyerla, a partner at Jenner & Block, is among the nation’s foremost attorneys on intellectual property litigation. He has several years of experience in handling patent and trade secret cases and his litigation has involved a wide variety of technologies, industries, and disciplines including applied mathematics, communications, electrical and software engineering, computing, computer chips, medical devices, chemicals, food science, manufacturing, consumer products, aeronautics and pharmaceuticals. The extent of his practice has made him a thought leader in his field and many of his clients have described him as a brilliant strategist as he handles complex patent cases with dexterity.



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In his years of work, Atty. Lyerla has shown a high level of ethical standards and legal ability in competition and legal property disputes. He has used the knowledge he has gained over the years to bring creative approaches to every engagement with the aim to hasten resolution. Through his methods, he has opened opportunities for early and favorable results for many of his clients.

Meanwhile, his expertise is not limited to courts and he is known to regularly speak and publish articles on issues related to patent and trade secret litigation. One of his articles, titled “Understand the Two Approaches to Claim Construction,” has been cited and quoted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as secondary authority in its 2012 opinion involving patent claim construction in MySpace, Inc. v. GraphOn Corporation, 2011-1149 (Fed. Cir. March 2, 2012).



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Find more information about Atty. Brad Lyrela’s work through the Jenner & Block website.