James Donoian

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ABOUT JAMES DONOIAN

Over 26 years counseling clients on various global Intellectual Property and brand management issues, including: enforcement and litigation in U.S. District Courts throughout the country from expedited equitable relief through trials; advising clients regarding global branding and IP strategies, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, advertising and false advertising; licensing; and managing trademark portfolios. Has litigated against clients’ competitors, licensees and distributors and counterfeiters/infringers in over 25 different U.S. Courts, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. Advises clients in diverse industries, including fashion and apparel, jewelry, luxury brand goods, consumer products, toys, sports/entertainment, hotels/resorts, food and nutritional products, pharmaceuticals/medical devices, and Internet and television advertising and marketing. Helps clients proactively develop and implement domestic and international brand management programs, and to create early comprehensive IP protection for new branding, marketing or products covering all aspects of IP protection in advance of starting new businesses or product launches (before competitors and/or infringers copy).Responsible for global anti-counterfeiting enforcement programs, and successfully implementing strategies combining various IP claims and equitable remedies to obtain seizure orders, asset restraints and other novel forms of equitable relief against domestic and foreign companies, often concurrent with, and in conjunction with, criminal actions in the U.S. and/or civil or criminal actions in foreign jurisdictions. The preceding is \"Attorney Advertising.\"RECENT AWARDS & RECOGNITION • Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 20••••09 and 20••••13• Listed, World Trademark Review,\"WTR Ranked Bronze in New York, Prosecution and Strategy, 20••••14