William Rock Hill

Partner @Donahue Fitzgerald LLP

CA

Prosecuted thousands of individuals and businesses charged with infringing copyrights and trademarks, pirating domain names, and misappropriating trade secrets, negotiating settlements or filing lawsuits as appropriate. Alongside other Donahue Fitzgerald attorneys members, the Business Software Alliance, and the Software & Information Industry Association, recovered over $500 Million for software companies such as Microsoft, Autodesk, Novell, Symantec, Macromedia, Aldus, and Adobe.Successfully represented major supermarket chains and restaurants in trademark litigation over the use of protected marks. Prosecuted and defended clients in numerous cased involving local, regional, and national infringement of intellectual property rights.Maintained an active commercial practice by defending several multi-million dollar class action cases, including the Berger, et al. V. Property I.D, et al. class action in federal court in Los Angeles. It resulted in dismissal of my client in a case ultimately settled with the other defendants for in excess of $25 Million. Served as lead trial attorney in over thirty jury and non-jury trials in both state and federal court, in addition to handling numerous meditations and arbitrations.