Intellectual Property
Weil offers a truly comprehensive intellectual property practice, encompassing IP litigation (including patent, copyright, and trademark); technology and IP transactions; and our strategic IP counseling practice.
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Intellectual Property Litigation
Weil’s intellectual property litigators regularly handle high-stakes cases involving cutting-edge technology and complex and evolving legal issues.
Patent Litigation
When the world’s leading companies face critical patent issues – disputes where the stakes are high, the jurisdiction is unfriendly, or the technology is complex – they turn to Weil’s patent litigators.
IP/Media Litigation
Weil has played a substantial role in shaping intellectual property and media law. In a media landscape undergoing constant technological transformation, our practice regularly handles high-stakes cases whose outcomes affect how intellectual property and content are developed, distributed, and licensed.
Technology and Intellectual Property Transactions
Our Technology and IP Transactions lawyers spend 100% of their time on transactions where both technology and intellectual property issues are present — a distinguishing feature of Weil.
Accordingly, they are trusted advisors on many of the technology sector’s most significant global transactions.
Intellectual Property Counseling
Weil offers a strategic IP Counseling practice that advises clients on issues relating to IP management, enforcement, dispute counseling, transactions and acquisitions.
Key Contacts
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In both 2017 and 2018, Weil was honored as “IP Firm of the Year” at Benchmark Litigation’s U.S. Awards
Benchmark Litigation 2017-2018
Weil is recognized as a top-ranked Tier 1 firm for Intellectual Property.
Benchmark Litigation 2022
Ranked among the leading firms nationally for Patent Contentious and PTAB Litigation.
Managing Intellectual Property 2022
Clients note that Weil’s IP practice is "first-rate," and that "Weil is unique in the talent that it brings to each task…from partner level to senior associates, all the attorneys are top notch."
Managing Intellectual Property 2019
Weil is ranked as a top-ranked Tier 1 firm nationwide for both IP: Copyright and IP: Patent Licensing—notably the only law firm with this distinction
Legal 500 US 2020
Weil is ranked as “Leading Firm” for Intellectual Property in New York, California, Texas and Nationwide.
Chambers USA 2023
This international powerhouse handles a significant amount of work in the overlap between IP and media…” and “maintains its position at the cutting edge of media issues” by acting “for an enviable list of top media clients.” Clients call us “true experts in the field,” and highlight our “practical, knowledgeable and well-staffed” practice.
Chambers USA 2015-2018
Latest Thinking, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Weil Named a Top-Ranked Tier 1 Firm for Intellectual Property Award Brief — Benchmark Litigation 2021
- Weil Named Copyright “Firm of the Year” – United States Award Brief — Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards 2020
- Weil Named Copyright “Firm of the Year” – United States Award Brief — Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards 2019
- Weil Named Transactional “Firm of the Year” – United States Award Brief — Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards 2019
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Intellectual Property: Patent, USA Award Brief — Chambers Global 2020
Speaking Engagements
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Generative AI and the Emerging Judicial, Regulatory, and Legislative Responses
Speaker(s):
Benjamin E. Marks and
Todd Larson
November 7, 2023 — New York, NY — Benjamin E. Marks, Head of Weil’s IP/Media practice, along with IP/Media partner Todd Larson, moderated a panel discussion during Weil’s Technology, IP & Media Seminar Series entitled “Generative AI and the Emerging Judicial, Regulatory, and Legislative Responses.” They discussed the AI litigation landscape and several cases of interest, U.S. Copyright Office AI initiatives and perspectives, AI-related legislation and executive action, and relevant marketplace developments.
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Enablement in Life Sciences Cases
Speaker(s):
Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser and
Priyata Patel
March 8, 2022 — Webinar — Litigation Department Co-Chair Elizabeth Weiswasser and associate Priyata Patel participated in a webinar entitled “Enablement in Life Sciences Cases,” sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology as part of BCLT’s Law & Tech Speaker Series. They provided an overview of the development of the law of enablement in cases involving the life sciences.
Latest Thinking
- Infringement Policy Lessons From 4th Circ. Sony Music Ruling Publication — Law360 — By Benjamin E. Marks — PDF — March 15, 2024
- The Media and Entertainment Law Review: Preface and United States Chapter Publication — The Law Reviews — By Benjamin E. Marks — PDF — December 2022
- Two Princes: Second Circuit Offers New Insights on Transformative Use Alert — Intellectual Property & Media — By Todd Larson — PDF — April 01, 2021
- ‘Canada Hockey’ Tests the Limits on State Sovereign Immunity for Copyright Infringement Publication — New York Law Journal — By Benjamin E. Marks — March 22, 2021
- COVID-19 Relief Bill Introduces Copyright Small Claims Court Alert — Intellectual Property & Media — By Jessica Lynn Falk — PDF — January 04, 2021
Firm News & Announcements
- Elizabeth S. Weiswasser Named “Intellectual Property Litigator of the Year” at 2024 Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards Firm Announcement — March 19, 2024
- Weil Shortlisted for Top Honors at 2024 Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards Firm Announcement — February 26, 2024
- Weil Named Top Enforcement and Litigation Firm by World Trademark Review in 2024 Firm Announcement — February 07, 2024
- Weil Shortlisted for Top 2024 Benchmark Litigation Honors Firm Announcement — January 17, 2024
- Weil Advises Alibaba.com on Investment in Visable Group Deal Brief — November 16, 2023
- Weil Achieves High Rankings in 2023 LMG Life Sciences Guide Firm Announcement — October 10, 2023