Jordan Coyle

Some of Jordan's representative Section 337 engagements include the following:

• Earned a general exclusion order on behalf of a major consumer goods company combating importation of knock-off products that infringed their trademark rights and posed a potential health risk to Americans.
• Defeated institution of investigation involving claims that the importation of certain dietary supplements violated the Lanham Act and the FDCA; the Federal Circuit affirmed this extremely rare result on appeal.
• Won a finding of no violation on behalf of all respondents in a patent-infringement investigation involving electrical connectors; result affirmed on appeal.
• Earned a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order on behalf of a major consumer electronics company against a Fortune 10 competitor.
• Won terminations without settlement for respondents in multiple patent infringement investigations involving technologies including televisions, modular display panels, LEDs, eWriters, and other electronic devices.
• Won termination without settlement for respondents in investigation of alleged trade secret misappropriation.
• Won a modification proceeding on behalf of a respondent that redesigned its off-road vehicle, mooting an exclusion order only two months after the expiration of the Presidential review period.
• Won a finding of no violation in an investigation involving alleged infringement by certain video game systems; finding affirmed in precedential Federal Circuit opinion.
• Obtained dismissal on summary determination of vigorously-contested patent misuse defense in an investigation involving e-readers.
• Secured efficient resolution of investigations through consent orders.
• Regularly advises recipients of subpoenas issued in Section 337 investigations on compliance, negotiating the scope of the subpoenas, and drafting motions to quash, oppositions to motions seeking enforcement, and enforcement briefing in United States District Courts.
• Advised members of a trade association regarding the potential effects a precedent-setting question of ITC jurisdiction could have on their businesses, their exposure to Section 337 investigations, and the availability of the ITC as a forum for them to assert their own Section 337 claims.

Some of Jordan's other representative engagements include the following:

• Represented intervenor in suit filed under the Administrative Procedure Act against the United States Patent and Trademark Office based on decisions made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review established by the America Invents Act; court dismissed complaint.
• Obtained transfer of patent infringement case from the Eastern District of Texas to the Southern District of New York and then dismissal of the suit due to lack of standing.
• Obtained dismissal of contract claim brought in New York state court due to lack of personal jurisdiction and then obtained dismissal of similar complaint brought in the Southern District of New York based on lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim.
• Secured antitrust clearance through the U.S. Federal Trade Commission of a global acquisition that created the world's largest technical ceramics manufacturer. Secured antitrust clearance through the U.S. Federal Trade Commission of a global joint venture that created one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers and sellers of styrene and polystyrene plastics.
• Obtained a dismissal without settlement on behalf of a high-end, international clothing and accessories boutique of a complaint brought under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA).