Appellate

When it comes to navigating your case through post-trial proceedings, you want a team with the experience, the technical know-how and the proven track record of a winner. The members of Merchant & Gould's Appellate Practice Group, many of whom have served as law clerks to judges of the United States Courts of Appeal, know what it takes to achieve success on appeal. Whether asked to maintain a favorable ruling obtained at the trial court level or to demonstrate the error in a negative result below, our appellate specialists have the skills and experience to get the job done. Our attorneys have extensive appellate advocacy experience. Merchant & Gould's appellate advocates add value at any stage of a dispute, from providing consultation about creating a solid appellate record during trial, to handling post-trial and appellate proceedings.

Because staying current on the latest appellate issues is crucial to understanding an ever-evolving appellate system, our attorneys frequently lecture and write articles on timely appellate topics of interest. Members of our Appellate Practice Group also regularly present recent Federal Circuit decisions to other attorneys in the firm. And the firm's whitepaper project-the M&G Edge-stays abreast of significant developments in intellectual property law and provides the firm's attorneys and clients with current information on important and emerging legal issues.

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Representative Cases

Bowling v. Hasbro, Inc., No. 09-1039 (Fed. Cir. 2009)

For Your Ease Only, Inc v. Calgon Carbon Corp., 560 F.3d 717, 721 (7th Cir. 2009)

Champagne Louis Roedere v, J. Garcia Carrion, S.A., 569 F.3d 855 (8th Cir 2009)

Larson Mfg. Co. of S.D. v. Aluminart Prods., 559 F.3d 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2009)

Amazin' Raisins Int'l, Inc. v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., 306 Fed. Appx. 553 (Fed. Cir. 2008)

Mostly Memories Inc. v. For Your Ease Only Inc. and QVC Inc., 526 F.3d 1093 (7th Cir. 2008)

Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Altair Eyewear, Inc., 288 Fed. Appx. 697 (Fed. Cir. 2008)

Black & Decker, Inc. v. Robert Bosch Tool Corp., 260 Fed. Appx. 284 (Fed. Cir. 2008)

Walter Kidde Portable Equip., Inc. v. Universal Sec. Instruments, Inc., 479 F.3d 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2007)

Schwan's IP, LLC v. Kraft Pizza Co., 460 F.3d 971 (8th Cir. 2006)

In re EchoStar Communs. Corp., 448 F.3d 1294 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (amicus curiae brief for Association of Patent Law Firms)

Manchak v. U.S. Ecology, No. 04-1341 (Fed. Cir. 2005)

Bowling v. Hasbro, Inc., 403 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2005)

Toro Co. v. White Consol. Indus., 383 F.3d 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2004)

Toro Co. v. Deere & Co., 355 F.3d 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2004)

Nisus Corp. v. Perma-Chink, Nos. 04-1454, -1514 (Fed. Cir. 2004)

Daimlerchrysler AG v. Bloom, 315 F.3d 932 (Fed. Cir. 2003)

New Railhead Mfg., L.L.C. v. Vermeer Mfg. Co., 298 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2002)

Ecolab Inc. v. Paraclipse, Inc., 285 F.3d 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2002)

New Railhead Mfg., L.L.C. v. Vermeer Mfg. Co., 298 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2002)

EZ Dock v. Schafer Sys., 276 F.3d 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2002)

Toro Co. v. White Consol. Indus., No. 00-1561 (Fed. Cir. 2001)