 Representative Licensing Matters
 Traveled on multiple occasions to Japan (2000-present) and negotiated and prepared endorsement agreements and sports fighter agreements for mixed martial arts events held in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.
Negotiated and drafted merchandise license agreement for products to Aveda/Estee Lauder.
Negotiated and drafted various software licensing agreements for IP MAC software source code and core technologies for Alcatel Internetworking, Inc.
Negotiated and drafted various software licensing agreements for site selection research and demographics software products for Anysite Technologies and Thompson Associates.
Negotiated and drafted television broadcast, merchandising, and videotape distribution agreements for sports entertainment company Dream Stage Entertainment, Inc.
Prepared various license and endorsement agreements for Taylor Made adidas Golf Company.
Negotiated dispute between Monterey Historic Automobile Races and the Sport Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula and drafted license for continued races at the Laguna Seca Raceway.
Negotiated and prepared agreement for production and promotion of automobile races with Skip Barber entities and General Racing Limited for LimeRock Vintage Automobile Races.
Counseled and advised clients on worldwide distribution and licensing agreements in the apparel, sporting goods and mass market consumer products industries.
Prepared trademark license agreements between See's Candies and Mattel, Inc. for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Barbie doll.
Assisted with intellectual property due diligence and prepared various trademark licenses for acquisition of brands for various clients.
Assisted with preparation of licenses for Dr. Pepper NASCAR race team for Carroll Racing.
Representative Intellectual Property Litigation Matters
Primary counsel in litigation (to trial) for prosecution of litigation as plaintiff involving trademarks and domain names used for diverting emails on behalf of a large telecommunications company.
Represented Japanese producer of mixed martial arts fighting events in multiple copyright counterfeiting case to obtain a preliminary injunction and seizure of infringing videotapes. Settled multiple counterfeiting cases for six figure settlements.
Successfully defended East Coast banking system in Connecticut against copyright infringement claims by software manufacturer.
Obtained TROs and ex parte seizures for counterfeited goods in the cosmetics and software industries.
Represented a large California apparel manufacturer against trademark and trade dress claims by a well-known athletic footwear company.
Defended, through five appeals, and successfully prosecuted counterclaims against a former employee of a leading-edge ESD garment manufacturer for controlling patent rights to clean-room technology.
Represented a world-wide manufacturer of home, china and dinnerware products in an international trademark and copyright infringement dispute.
Represented a professional wrestler against a professional wrestling organization for royalties on merchandising rights under a promotions contract.
Prosecuted a trademark infringement and breach of contract case on behalf of a publisher against an author of science and nature books sold in national retail outlets.
Precluded entry of a preliminary injunction in trade secret case in the travel and hospitality industry.
Primary associate in litigation (to trial) for case involving digital signal processor technology for a $6 billion semiconductor manufacturer based in Florida.
Representative Customs Matters
Successfully obtained advisory opinions and binding opinions with National Commodity Specialist Division for determination of non-application of anti-dumping duties for candles imported from China to various large US retailers under various countervailing duty exceptions.
Negotiated with port officials in US Customs offices in LA, Long Beach, and San Diego ports for advisory opinions on country of origin marking under NAFTA regulations.
Obtained Customs assistance in the registration of, seizures and enforcement of copyright and trademarks for counterfeited goods in the apparel, cosmetics, software, and videotape industries.
Counseled and advised numerous clients on the applicable rates for imported goods under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
Counseled and advised numerous clients on further work or material added to an article as to whether it constitutes a substantial transformation for purposes of country of origin marking and whether articles are excepted from marking by Section 304 of the Tariff Act.
Counseled and advised clients on application of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for providing for free rates of duty for certain merchandise from beneficiary developing independent/dependent countries.
Counseled and advised clients on potential availability of obtaining drawbacks for duties paid on qualified merchandise.
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