Practice Areas
— Intellectual Property Litigation
We represent plaintiffs and defendants in disputes over the ownership and exploitation of business-critical intellectual property: copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, and trade secrets. We also assist in the recovery of pirated or otherwise misappropriated internet domain names.
Representative matters include:
Represented Amazon and Audible against consortium of publishers alleging e-book copyright violations based on Audible’s plan to provide written captions tracking the spoken words in audio books.
Prosecuted to a prompt and successful settlement a trade dress infringement action on behalf of a restaurant chain that is a large private equity firm portfolio company.
Obtained dismissal of copyright infringement and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims in an action brought by a distributor of a proprietary commercial real estate database against a due diligence staffing firm.
Successfully prosecuted and settled a copyright infringement case brought by a visual artist against a multinational cosmetics company that branded worldwide and online using her visual images without license or compensation.
Defended Black Card, LLC in a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by American Express over the mark BLACK CARD; negotiated a favorable settlement.
Defended recording artist Eddie Vedder and Sony Music in action alleging copyright infringement arising from alleged change in song lyrics.