REPRESENTATIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION MATTERS

• Successfully settled of trademark infringement claim against a local company by a large company which had filed suit in federal court after moving for summary judgment to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims, citing the multi-factor test for trademark infringement articulated in Water Pik, Inc. v. Med-Systems, Inc., 726 F.3d 1136 (2013);

• Participated in the successful representation of individual homebuyers accused of infringing copyrighted architectural works, including the successful dismissal of the case on summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and the affirmation of the dismissal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Savant Homes, Inc. v. Collins, 809 F.3d 1133 (10th Cir. 2016), and an award of attorney's fees under the U.S. Copyright Act;

• Successfully represented plaintiff investor in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado for breach of contract and securities fraud in connection with an online auction of purported royalty rights in a record catalog;

• Obtained injunctive relief on behalf of a copyright owner for infringement of language used in bidding templates;

• Achieved successful resolution of trademark infringement claim brought in federal court in the Southern District of New York by an internet site against a competing internet site which offered similar services;

• Obtained dismissal of copyright claim in federal court in the Central District of California on the grounds of failure to demonstrate ownership interest in the allegedly copyrighted work, and then successfully obtained judgment for a counterclaim for trademark infringement against the plaintiff.