Intellectual Property Connell Foley LLP's intellectual property practice group is actively engaged in procuring and protecting intellectual property rights for clients in a wide variety of industries. The firm has served as litigation counsel in patent cases involving major pharmaceutical products as well as in cases involving high-technology products and services. The firm also represents clients in copyright litigation, having prosecuted and defended infringement actions pertaining to software, toys, and other products and in piracy cases requiring the seizure of counterfeit software. The firm also handles litigation involving the protection of trademark rights to consumer products and other goods and services. Connell Foley LLP's lawyers represent clients in the procurement of intellectual property rights before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and are frequently called upon to negotiate the assignment and licensing of such rights. The firm has wide experience in unfair competition, trade secret, restrictive covenant, and employee piracy cases. Connell Foley LLP's broad experience in these cases, coupled with its technological resources, enables the firm to meet client needs in this demanding area of litigation. The firm's in-depth focus on intellectual property law, particularly as applied to high-technology industries, was the motivating force behind its decision over a decade ago to establish a firm website, making it the first New Jersey-based law firm on the web. As its pioneering website confirms, the firm is committed to meeting client needs involving the complexities of cyberspace as well as those of more traditional areas of intellectual property law. Contacts: Peter J. Pizzi Liza M. Walsh Partners/Counsel: Richard D. Catenacci Kevin R. Gardner Marc D. Haefner Noel D. Humphreys Brendan Judge John P. Lacey Peter D. Manahan Tricia B. O'Reilly Peter J. Pizzi Ernest W. Schoellkopff Mitchell W. Taraschi Liza M. Walsh     About Us | Practice Areas | News | Attorneys | Publications Career Opportunities | Locations | Contact