John M. Kim
Shareholder

E-mail: jkim@ipla.com
IP Legal Advisors, P.C.
600 West Broadway, Suite 1520
San Diego, CA 92101
Main Telephone: (619) 515-1486
Direct Line: (619) 515-1489
Facsimile: (619) 515-1481
http://www.ipla.com

Specialties:

Trademark, Copyright, Right of Publicity and Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement
Intellectual Property Licensing
Intellectual Property Litigation

Recent Matters:

• Completed Intellectual Property audit for major online skin care retailer, including drafting and negotiating entire portfolio of reseller, vendor and confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements
• Reached favorable settlement in copyright dispute with online retailer using pictures, text and other content from client’s website
• Reached favorable settlement in trademark dispute with software manufacturer using client’s trademarks as metatags in website HTML code
• Reached favorable settlement in trademark dispute with online retailer using client’s trademarks as search terms on various Internet search engines
• Instituted trademark counterfeiting action in district court in Chicago and supervised prosecution of similar lawsuits in Italy and Israel against worldwide network of diamond counterfeiters selling counterfeit diamond grading reports via the Internet
• Reached favorable settlement in counterfeiting action brought by famous watch manufacturer
• Reached favorable settlement in trademark dilution dispute with Neo-Nazi group using anti-Semitic parody which tarnished client’s famous trademark
• Counseled clients regarding use of confusingly similar domain names
• Counseled clients regarding domain name cybersquatting issues
• Instituted and defended trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings
• Counseled clients regarding domestic and international trademark protection and enforcement
• Counseled clients regarding right of publicity issues in using a third party’s name, picture and/or voice for advertising
• Counseled clients regarding educational use of copyrighted materials