Roger P. Furey is the managing partner of Katten’s Washington DC office and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors. He has more than 25 years of experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights on behalf of his clients. Roger concentrates his practice on resolving disputes involving copyrights, trademarks and advertising and he protects his clients’ intellectual property rights around the globe by supervising a network of IP litigators in every region of the world.

His IP litigation experience includes trademark and trade dress infringement, copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation for clients across a wide range of industries, including telecommunications and information technology, automotive parts, industrial batteries, aviation and aerospace, flooring products and defense contracting. Roger has considerable experience representing sports associations in nationwide trademark and copyright counterfeit enforcement programs in connection with major sporting events.

Roger also represents clients in false advertising and unfair competition litigation brought by and against competitors under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act and applicable state laws and he defends clients in actions brought by federal and state regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

Roger regularly reviews client advertising campaigns for compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements and represents clients in advertising disputes referred to the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau. He also advises clients on other government compliance matters involving software, information technology and e-commerce business issues.