Goodman, Stephen J.

Rob Ducatman practices in the areas of litigation and intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, trade dress, unfair competition and trade secrets, covenants not to compete, employment agreement, and civil RICO litigation. He has especially broad experience in dealing with trade secrets enforcement and defense, enforcement of covenants not to compete, fraud, and fraud-related litigation. He also has considerable experience in cybersquatting litigation and litigation related to protection of persona.

Rob's experience includes the largest verdict in a trademark jury trial in the history of the cyberpiracy statute, and his in-depth global experience helps Firm clients preserve and protect the value of their intellectual property assets. Rob has an extensive amount of experience in protecting trade dress and preventing those who would use similar trade dress from capitalizing on the famous brands of others, including numerous matters to protect the design elements of the Murphy's Oil Soap bottle and the Ginsu knife packaging as well as efforts to trade on the famous trade dress of The Timken Company's products.

Rob has litigated trademark matters or controlled litigation for Firm clients around the world. He draws on his substantial experience to manage large trademark portfolios and to make them cost-efficient to operate. He is responsible for thousands of client files and uses his wide-ranging knowledge of government regulations and emerging changes in global geopolitical environments to help clients stay ahead of potential risks or seize advantages in today's fast-changing world.

Other representative clients include IBM, Park-Ohio Corporation, The Scott Fetzer Company, and Sprint Communications. He also has represented Andre Agassi, Derek Jeter, Michael Phelps, Sally Ride, Juan A. "Chi Chi" Rodriguez, and Tiger Woods.