Nuts and Bolts of Protecting Your IP

Elizabeth Manno focuses on technology disputes, including patent infringement, licensing, trade secrets, and other IP litigation. Elizabeth represents leading companies in technology fields including media streaming, software, semiconductors, GPS, wireless devices, internet-of-things, artificial intelligence, and medical devices. She also counsels companies on creating, maintaining, and maximizing the benefits of their IP portfolios. With her holistic approach, Elizabeth provides a steady hand and sound advice at every phase of disputes. She provides pre-suit counseling to help achieve the clients’ goals without litigation. When litigation is necessary, she leads teams toward success and is an especially strong advocate in oral arguments and on appeal.

Elizabeth has a knack for breaking down highly complicated technical concepts in a way that judges and juries can easily understand. A prolific writer and speaker on patent and legal issues, Elizabeth has published articles in World IP Review, BNA-Bloomberg, Law360, and Inside Counsel, among other publications, and spoken at national conferences related to intellectual property, patent litigation, and artificial intelligence. She currently serves as a board member of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) and received the organization’s Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member award in 2019.

Before entering private practice, she spent two years clerking for a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida and a year clerking for the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.

Manny Caixeiro represents industry leaders and cutting-edge companies in their most challenging litigation matters. Manny focuses on complex commercial and intellectual property disputes across a range of industries, including software, medical devices, financial services, and entertainment. He has extensive experience litigating issues involving patent damages, valuation, and licensing on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. Highly knowledgeable in this area, he also analyzes the strength and value of a patent portfolio, enabling clients to maximize their returns in transactions, obtain more accurate litigation assessments, budget more precisely, and avoid undue expenses and inefficiencies.

Manny routinely utilizes litigation to enforce his clients’ rights under a wide variety of contracts, including merger agreements, acquisition agreements, licensing agreements, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreements, and employment agreements. He has successfully defended consumer class actions in the retail, mortgage servicing, and financial services industries, and has obtained favorable results for his clients in many business tort cases, including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and tortious interference matters.

Manny has extensive experience defending his clients’ trade secrets and other proprietary information. He has litigated multiple trade secret and restrictive covenant cases, including in the entertainment and insurance industries. He has also litigated patent disputes in the fields of medical devices (including surgical implants and computerized instruments), software and networking, and mobile device applications.

Rebecca Horton helps clients protect their intellectual property (IP) and brands. Rebecca is a skilled litigator who advises clients across a broad range of industries—including technology, financial services, and consumer goods and retail—on the protection and enforcement of their IP rights. By blending legal acumen with business-minded strategy, Rebecca guides clients through every phase of a dispute, from pre-litigation counseling and communications through trial. Having successfully litigated more than 20 trials and represented countless clients in federal and state courts, clients look to Rebecca to handle their high-stakes litigation involving trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets.

Rebecca is regularly recognized for her advocacy, and SuperLawyers has repeatedly selected her as a Rising Star in Intellectual Property. When she’s not in the courtroom, Rebecca is an active member of the legal community, frequently speaking at conferences and contributing to legal publications regarding important IP issues. She is also committed to mentorship and the broader community, regularly speaking with junior attorneys regarding career and personal development, in addition to dedicating hundreds of hours to pro bono matters.