Expert No. 39511 – CA(N) / CA(S)
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert experienced in Apparel, Licensing, Trademarks and Trade Dress, Copyrights, Design Patents, and Standards of Practice of Apparel Business Lawyers, Intellectual Property Lawyers, and Licensing Lawyers. Apparel expertise includes the ability to review performance of a wide array of apparel business agreements to determine if it is consistent with the standards of the industry. Has worked extensively on most facets of the clothing business and can provide expert testimony and analysis about matters such as contracts, manufacturing (local and abroad), import, export, sales, distribution, factory conditions, similarity of apparel lines, and protection of designs. Licensing expertise in consumer licensing. Familiar with international and domestic licensing including revenue projections, monitoring of licensees, standards of the industry, performance, and breaches. Trademarks and Trade Dress expertise includes: international and domestic registration; secondary meaning; infringement; dilution; searches; investigations; due diligence; and trade dress and counterfeiting in a variety of businesses such as software, food, real estate, concert promotion, and apparel. Able to provide opinions on the originality and substantial similarity of copyrights. Expertise in Design patents includes defenses based on lack of originality and identifying and analyzing obviousness and prior art. Based on 25 years of experience, this expert can provide expert opinions as to the standard of care of lawyers in the areas of the Apparel Business, Intellectual Property, and Licensing. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Apparel business disputes
- Apparel manufacturing disputes
- Malpractice cases against intellectual property and apparel business lawyers
- Apparel copyrights
- Apparel trademarks
- Performance under a license
- Interpretation of a license
- Originality of copyright
- Ownership of copyright
- Counterfeiting
- Trademark infringement
Licenses & Certifications:
| Private Investigator |
| State Bar of CA |
| Real Estate Broker |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.B., magna cum laude | Philosophy | Occidental College | |
| J.D. | University of Chicago Law School |
Other Career Highlights:
| For list of publications, request for CV |
