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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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The ‘dedicated’ group at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is experienced in handling copyright and trademark infringement, false advertising, cybersquatting, defamation, and misappropriation matters, among others. The team is co-headed from New York by Rachel Epstein, who is experienced acting as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants at trials and arbitrations, and Todd Anten, who has expertise handling the remit of trademark, copyright, and trade secrets disputes. On the West Coast, Los Angeles’ Michael Zeller is a renowned IP litigator, while Silicon Valley’s Rachel Herrick Kassabian has a particular specialism representing clients in internet sector businesses and tech start-ups, including various well-known names. Los Angeles-based AI specialist Yury Kapgan has represented clients in employee mobility and misappropriation matters, among others.
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  • ‘Quinn Emmanuel is able to assemble a team nationwide, calling on the various expertise of its lawyers. They have a variety of experience in different types of trade secret matters, all of which inform their client work.'

  • 'It was particularly helpful in our case, given that we are a global firm, that they had lawyers in San Francisco, also dedicated to our matter though we're primarily located in NYC.’

  • ‘Deborah Brown is personable, practical, and has lots of experience before NYC courts.'

  • 'Jeffrey Nardinelli was able to speak with our internal experts, learn very quickly, and use the learnings to improve our case.'

  • 'Kaitlin Sheehan is nimble, a quick study, and has exceptional organizational and advocacy skills.’

Key clients

  • Wisk Aero
  • International Business Machines Corporation
  • IBM World Trade Corporation
  • IBM China Company Limited
  • Jane Street Group
  • Life Spine, Inc.
  • Medallia
  • NVIDIA
  • Studio Wildcard and Snail Games US
  • Accutar Biotechnology

Work highlights

Secured a jury trial victory for the client where the jury rendered a verdict that its competitor willfully and maliciously misappropriated trade secrets.
Represented Wisk Aero in a trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement case against competitor Archer Aviation involving allegations of illicit use of engineering files obtained from former employees.
Represented pharmaceutical company Regor Therapeutics and two of its founders in a lawsuit brought by Pfizer, alleging that the companies made unauthorized use of Pfizer trade secrets and confidential information relating to the development of a treatment for diabetes.

Lawyers

Practice head

Rachel Epstein; Todd Anten

Other key lawyers

Michael Zeller; Deborah Brown; Jeffrey Nardinelli; Kevin Reed; Kaitlin Sheehan; Rachel Herrick Kassabian; Yury Kapgan