IP is a basic, critically important part of our 21st Century capitalist system. You may deal in technology relating to electronics and software, automotive or mechanical parts, food and nutrition, or even pharmaceuticals. Or you may be a brand seeking to differentiate and protect your goodwill and reputation. Or you may be a content creator - a band, filmmaker, publisher, or author - seeking to protect your works or the works of others. Whatever your area of endeavor, you face complex IP legal issues.

The Hood Legal Group has deep experience advocating and defending the rights of those who seek to commercialize their interests and capitalize on valuable intellectual property rights. We have represented the largest Fortune 500 companies, mid-size entities, and individuals.  And we have litigated cases involving a broad variety of technologies, including consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, mechanical and medical devices, and many others.

We've been in the busiest courtrooms on patent and trademark cases, from the West Coast to the East Coast and many points in between - including the Eastern District of Texas, as well as the Districts of Delaware and New Jersey. We've represented some of the biggest, most well-known brands. And we've successfully handled injunction proceedings, trials, and appeals. No matter the case, we are prepared to mobilize and assist immediately.

The Hood Legal Group's 25+ years in the intellectual property courtrooms of the United States has positioned us to provide strategic insight into IP strategy. If you are a company that has and is developing valuable IP, whether inventions for potential patenting, source-identifying logos/names/images worthy of trademark protection, original works of authorship for copyright, or valuable confidential business trade secrets, we stand ready to provide strategic guidance.

In addition to broad strategic IP advising, we are extensively experienced serving as ILR counsel to third party litigation funders, assessing and providing opinions on potential litigation in the patent/IP space. Subject matter with which we are particularly experienced in providing ILR representation include telecommunications, semiconductors, software, and pharmaceuticals.

Given our decades litigating and trying cases to judge and jury, we are particularly well-positioned to analyze and consult on potential or pending IP matters. We provide objective, straight forward assessments of your IP opportunities, and we offer written evaluations of each - all incorporating our practical views earned from years in the courtrooms that these cases see regularly. Call on us to provide objective, practical, experience-based analysis and assessment of your IP opportunity.

Government overreaching into our personal lives. An employer discriminating based on our political  views. A neighbor harassing our family because of our religion/ethnicity/politics and a local prosecutor who does nothing. The list goes on - but make no mistake, fundamental American values of liberty and freedom are under attack.

While we like to think that government, its agents, our employers, and our neighbors are all good people with good intentions, an unfortunate reality of modern American life is that there are many who abuse their power, are corrupt, or just plain refuse to mind their own business. Even the most basic rights enshrined in our Constitution, once taken for granted, are now openly attacked and undermined.

Inspired by the famous quote, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing," The Hood Legal Group is doing something. Because we strongly believe that America is the greatest nation on the planet, even if it is imperfect. And American values are worth defending - especially against those who abuse the public trust or our personal rights. The Hood Legal Group is prepared to take legal action to hold accountable those who violate our rights.

As a VA Accredited Attorney - and a Veteran himself - Gary Hood represents Veterans seeking VA disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Whether providing assistance preparing and submitting an initial claim, or appealing within the VA system or to courts that oversee Veterans claims, Gary brings 30 years of litigation experience to bear to help Veterans obtain the VA benefits they've earned. We particularly assist Veterans with cancer and related claims, that can present more complex legal challenges.