International Trade & Customs
Squire Sanders lawyers also provide vital assistance on international trade and customs matters relating to unfair trade practices involving patent and trademark infringement, antidumping, export control, and licensing of high technology products, services and information. Our lawyers have had remarkable success handling infringement cases before the International Trade Commission. Companies just entering the international marketplace, as well as those more established, benefit from our decades of broad experience in international trade and customs law, and our proven expertise in the analysis of and response to complex trade issues.
We advise clients on the structuring of their technology transfer agreements so that they are compatible with EC competition rules. In addition, we have defended and prosecuted companies regarding the abusive exploitation of intellectual property rights under Article 82 (formerly 86) EC and regularly advise companies on the extent to which their marketing and enforcement of intellectual property rights is compatible with the “free movement” rules of the Common Market.