Mr. Janke is a seasoned litigator with nearly 20 years of experience representing clients in matters involving intellectual property, business and construction litigation, commercial finance, and secured lending. The depth of his trial experience includes judge and jury trials, injunction proceedings, and arbitration proceedings in jurisdictions coast to coast and everywhere in between. His diverse clientele spans a variety of industries, including media, entertainment, technology, hospitality, food and beverage, construction, health care, heavy equipment, maritime, real estate, education, and data brokerage.
Mr. Janke enjoys making complex cases simpler. With a thoughtful and deliberate approach to early case assessment and client goal setting, he is often able to "cut to the chase" and identify threshold issues that allow even the most daunting cases to resolve against most odds. As for those cases that are indeed inherently "simple," Mr. Janke takes pride in the work that he and his teams provide in coming to a sensible, pragmatic, and efficient resolution.
Intellectual Property (Trademarks, Copyright, Trade Secrets), Media, and Technology
Mr. Janke has extensive global and national experience in trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, media, and right of publicity cases. He manages several large trademark and copyright portfolios and works to secure early intellectual property assets for emerging and mature companies. He has extensive experience with the Lanham Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and the Copyright Act, as well as nearly every applicable international treaty and protocol involving the protection of intellectual property assets on a global level. Mr. Janke regularly navigates online legal issues, including resolving domain name disputes through the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), cybercrimes, and computer fraud and abuse.
Much of Mr. Janke's intellectual property experience frequently involves intertwining First Amendment issues in an increasingly complicated legal landscape. Having the breadth of experience of these various IP practices and IP-adjacent disciplines allows him and his teams to serve clients with a fuller context and avoid blind spots that others may miss.
In addition to his overall IP prosecution practice, Mr. Janke's extensive litigation experience allows him to serve every aspect of his client's IP needs, from diligence and protection to enforcement.
Business and Construction Litigation
Mr. Janke has managed several complex business litigation matters, advocating for clients as both plaintiffs and defendants. He has served as first chair in several prominent construction litigation cases (both judge and jury trials), consistently securing major victories for his clients. In the realm of construction litigation, Mr. Janke frequently represents engineering, procurement, and construction companies, particularly program managers.
Commercial Finance and Secured Lending
Mr. Janke has extensive experience in equipment finance and commercial lending and has worked to recover or restructure tens of millions of dollars of secured debt through commercial foreclosures and bankruptcies, both in the context of traditional property, such as real estate, and non-traditional security in intellectual property.
Law Reform
Mr. Janke is a member of the Council for the Louisiana State Law Institute and serves as a member of various committees. His record of legal scholarship is extensive, having published several law review articles in comparative law and law reform.