Ference & Associates Secures $44 Million Judgment and Injunctive Relief Against Online Counterfeiters, Upping The Total Counterfeiting Judgments Secured By The Firm Since March 2019 to nearly $150 million

Pittsburgh, PA-based intellectual property law firm, Ference & Associates announced that it secured judgments in the amount of $44 million and permanent injunctive relief in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in a civil...

Ference & Associates Secures Preliminary Injunction Against Online Counterfeiters on Behalf of Washington-based Gorge Design Group

Pittsburgh, PA-based intellectual property law firm Ference & Associates announced today that a preliminary injunction was entered by the Honorable William S. Stickman IV of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in a lawsuit...

Online Counterfeiting – A Growing Problem

It is a common worry among entrepreneurs and inventors that their novel idea will be copied or stolen. According to the “Global Brand Counterfeiting Report 2018,” the value of counterfeit goods in 2017 amounted to $1.2 trillion. The prevalence of counterfeit goods...

Patent Process

Practice Areas / Patent Prosecution / Patent Process Patent Process Protecting our clients’ intellectual property is our main objective at Ference & Associates. Our patent attorneys will help you move your idea, design or product from concept to development to...

Patent Applications

Practice Areas / Patent Prosecution / Patent Applications Patent Applications At Ference & Associates, we have nearly 25 years of experience working with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to obtain more than 1,000 patents for our clients. We...