Practice Areas
Intellectual Property Litigation
OVERVIEW
Our Intellectual Property practice attorneys handle virtually all disputes in this complex and shifting area of the law.
We understand the value our clients derive from their IP assets and represent both plaintiffs and defendants through judgment in patent matters.The range of IP disputes we manage includes novel issues in copyright claims, rights in electronic databases, computer software, and even disputes over fabric design. In all matters, we protect our client’s trademark rights by leading litigation in both the courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
- Represented production company and its principal owner in connection with celebrity’s complaint for statutory and common law right of publicity, negligence, breach of contract, and Lanham Act violation claims. After mediation and extensive subsequent settlement negotiations, obtained highly favorable settlement.
- Represented leading California commercial and residential pest control company in a variety of matters, including misappropriation of intellectual property and trade secrets, unfair competition, breach of employment agreement, intentional interference with contractual business relationship and prospective economic advantage, and trade libel.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of client who was accused of infringement of a patent for a method of searching data, as well as summary judgment on related trade secret and breach of contract claims.
- Achieved summary judgment of literal infringement in favor of an inventor on a patent for a commercial product in wide use.
- Handled two 146 actions in District Court following decisions by the Board of Patent Interference and argued the appeal before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal.
- Obtained injunctive relief, and ultimately a favorable resolution of the action, for a client in a case involving copyright violations incident to theft of database case. The parties had collaborated on a business venture, which required sharing of data for a specific project. Proved that following the project, the contracting party had retained and used our client’s data to fill in gaps in the contracting party’s database.
- Secured injunctive relief, and ultimately favorable resolution of an action which accused a client’s competitor of copyright infringement in the format and layout of the structure of a searchable database, while at the same time obtaining summary judgment on the competitor’s antitrust counter-claim.
- Represented successfully a major producer of salsa in litigation to protect their thermometer trademark.
- Advise and counsel a manufacturer of mystical candles in litigation in federal court to protect its trademarks.
- Handled numerous adversary proceedings before the TTAB, including representing a manufacturer of halal foods in a challenge to its trademark.
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Charles G. Bakaly IV
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Neil D. Martin
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Jenner C. Tseng
Partner
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Los Angeles, CA 90071-3147
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