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Piracy is on the rise . . . in business, not on the high seas. Searcy Denney will fight for your rights to your ideas or work products.

Intellectual property laws protect not only inventors who hold patents on widgets, writers with copyrighted books, and companies that have trademarked a logo or a slogan. If your creativity and ideas are being usurped in any form – for example, databases, electronic publications, films, medical devices, music, photography, or software that is posted or traded on the Internet – you may need the attorneys at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley.

You can trust our sophisticated knowledge of evidence management, our understanding of digital forensic investigation, our ability to enforce discovery requests, and our world-class expertise in presenting complex issues at trial. At a more fundamental level, Searcy Denney attorneys will sort through truckloads of documents and ferret out the most elusive electronic data in order to gain a fair shake for our clients.

A case in point: Searcy Denney represented a skilled surgeon who had invented a breast biopsy marker device that, when implanted where breast tissue had been surgically removed, could monitor the area for additional health dangers. After securing a patent for the device, the surgeon negotiated with Johnson & Johnson about manufacturing and marketing the invention. But the huge medical/pharmaceutical company instead marketed a similar device without a valid patent, and made more than $19 million. Searcy Denney attorneys Jack Scarola and Bill King, along with co-counsel, sued Johnson & Johnson for willful patent infringement and gained a jury verdict of $2 million - plus 10 percent of an estimated $39 million in annual revenue from the implant if Johnson & Johnson wants to continue selling it.

In the age of the Internet, an especially pernicious form of intellectual property theft involves software piracy: small businesses and individuals copy protected software from colleagues and friends, and software is posted and traded on the Internet in violation of copyright laws. In a similar vein, the Internet has become a virtual candy store for freeloaders downloading photographic images and music.

As laws and regulations about intellectual property evolve, especially in regard to Internet content, you may not know if your rights have been violated. A conversation with our intellectual property attorneys at Searcy Denney can help you understand the law and your options for recourse. Please fill out our Contact Form, or call us to learn more and arrange a confidential free consultation.