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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.
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Negotiated and drafted merchandise license agreement for products to Aveda/Estee Lauder.
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Negotiated and drafted various software licensing agreements for IP MAC software source code and core technologies for Alcatel Internetworking, Inc.
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Negotiated and drafted various software licensing agreements for site selection research and demographics software products for Anysite Technologies and Thompson Associates.
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Negotiated and drafted television broadcast, merchandising, and videotape distribution agreements for sports entertainment company Dream Stage Entertainment, Inc.
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Prepared various license and endorsement agreements for Taylor Made adidas Golf Company.
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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.
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Negotiated and prepared agreement for production and promotion of automobile races with Skip Barber entities and General Racing Limited for LimeRock Vintage Automobile Races.
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Counseled and advised clients on worldwide distribution and licensing agreements in the apparel, sporting goods and mass market consumer products industries.
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Prepared trademark license agreements between See's Candies and Mattel, Inc. for "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Barbie doll.
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Assisted with intellectual property due diligence and prepared various trademark licenses for acquisition of brands for various clients.
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Assisted with preparation of licenses for Dr. Pepper NASCAR race team for Carroll Racing.
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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.
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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.
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Successfully defended East Coast banking system in Connecticut against copyright infringement claims by software manufacturer.
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Obtained TROs and ex parte seizures for counterfeited goods in the cosmetics and software industries.
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Represented a large California apparel manufacturer against trademark and trade dress claims by a well-known athletic footwear company.
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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.
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Represented a world-wide manufacturer of home, china and dinnerware products in an international trademark and copyright infringement dispute.
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Represented a professional wrestler against a professional wrestling organization for royalties on merchandising rights under a promotions contract.
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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.
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Precluded entry of a preliminary injunction in trade secret case in the travel and hospitality industry.
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Primary associate in litigation (to trial) for case involving digital signal processor technology for a $6 billion semiconductor manufacturer based in Florida.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Counseled and advised numerous clients on the applicable rates for imported goods under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
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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.
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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.
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Counseled and advised clients on potential availability of obtaining drawbacks for duties paid on qualified merchandise.
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