F&M provides detailed analysis of complex intellectual property matters - from liability and causation issued to the determination of damages and prejudgment interest. F&M has distinguished its intellectual property practice by combining the expertise of top economic, business and accounting professionals with a wide breadth of industry experience.

• PhDs in economics, MBAs and experienced Big Four CPAs
• Experienced expert witnesses
• Experienced in analyzing entrepreneurial, new business and new product ventures
• Experienced in high technology industries: computer hardware and software, media, entertainment, instrumentation, health care and biotechnology
• Evaluation of the effects of competition and pricing
• Evaluation and calculation of damages
• Settlement evaluation analysis
• Experienced in Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures

• F&M facilitated a settlement at a reasonable royalty with no lost profits in a patent infringement matter involving medical products by attributing the plaintiff's declining market share to obsolete products and production problems rather than to alleged product infringement.
• F&M testified at trial regarding lack of evidence of price erosion or product confusion in defense of a trademark infringement damages claim, which resulted in a jury finding of no damages.
• F&M, in a trade secrets matter, determined defendant's actions caused the diversion of plaintiff's products; F&M also determined not only profit losses but also additional costs necessary to restore the plaintiff to its competitive position.
• F&M prepared pricing and customer base analyses for a commercial electronics product concluding that plaintiff's sales would have been limited in the defendant's market, resulting in a $25 million reduction in the claim for damages.