MAIN RESULTS
Trademarks
Represent a nationally-famous motorcycle racer in a trademark and domain name dispute with his former business partner/brother.
Patents
Obtained for the “Father of the Cloud†a $15 Billion Valuation for his patents on technology architecture that allows users to share things, locations, objects, and people in virtual reality and augmented reality environments such that they can be shown and shared digitally, enabling interactions across geographical and temporal boundaries while improving the experiences of users of social media and online gaming.
Patents
Successfully defended a value added reseller who was accused of infringing five patents on medical imaging software; won on eleven summary judgment motions; Non-Infringement and Invalidity Rulings were all Affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in one word: “Affirmedâ€.
Trademarks
Successfully defended a Lanham Act case in which my client was accused of false representation for claiming ownership in a portfolio of patents by a former joint venture partner who misappropriated the portfolio patents for its own account; the settlement entailed assigning the patents in exchange for a stream of royalty payments.
Trademarks
Obtained numerous Registered Trademarks for clients on very clever terms, such as “Death and Taxes†for a Probate Attorney; “Strategical†for an Insurance Analyst; “Shark With a Heart†for a Divorce Attorney; “If You Don’t Want To Retire, That is Your Business, If You Do Want To Retire That is Our Business†for a Wealth Manager; “Our Business is Developing Yours†for a Branding and Marketing Expert; etc.
Copyrights
Advised numerous clients on how to negotiate with Copyright Trolls to lower the amount of blood money that was being demanded for essentially innocent use of photographic images for which no license had been obtained in advance by the clients.
