Manny D. Pokotilow - Caesar Rivise

Recognized as one of the nations leading intellectual property lawyers, Manny Pokotilow's practice focuses on litigating enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, as well as all other aspects of intellectual property law. He also provides consulting services in these areas and computer matters to clients in the computer and computer software, telecommunications, mechanical arts, and pharmaceutical industries.

Representative matters:

• Represented regional bank in a trademark infringement matter concerning a competitor’s use of a confusingly similar name. Obtained a preliminary injunction and later a consent judgment of a permanent injunction on behalf of the bank. Alliance Bank vs. New Century Bank, Civil Action No. 10-2249 

• Represented U.S. leading transportation solutions provider in a patent infringement matter involving various aspects of the E-ZPass™ electronic toll collection system, and obtained a favorable settlement on its behalf.  Mark IV Industries Corp. vs. TransCore Holdings, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-01775 

• Settled electronic component patent infringement suit after a district court awarded an eight-figure award for the plaintiff, then Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the decision and remanded it to the district court 

• Settled a computer software copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation suit before discovery was started 

• Served as an arbitrator on a complex copyright infringement suit involving computer software and accounting 

• In Lincoln Precision Machining Company vs. Lug – All Corporation and Transol Corporation, Civil Action No. 08-CV- 40104 in the District of Massachusetts (Central Division) obtained permanent injunction against infringement of trade dress