We are proud to announce that on January 1, 2004, Piper Rudnick merged with the respected San Francisco law firm Steinhart & Falconer, creating a national intellectual property law practice with over 25 years of experience. The media and new media practice that has joined Piper Rudnick represents both traditional and new media companies in a variety of legal matters and includes several former journalists among its lawyers. Working closely with Piper Rudnick’s established, nationally recognized resources in intellectual property, regulatory commerce, e-commerce, and corporate finance law, the Media and New Media practice group is a leader in the information technology revolution. Additionally, our San Francisco intellectual property attorneys have represented clients in a wide variety of trademark, copyright, false advertising, Internet, domain name, trade secret, antitrust, and unfair competition matters in the entertainment, publishing, broadcasting, high technology, garment, and video game fields.