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Protecting your Footwear Designs Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2011 Come and learn the best strategies for protecting your intellectual property. The lawyers will not only discuss design patent protection and trade dress protection, but will also discuss the latest in footwear design litigation after the Federal Circuit Court issued a key decision in the Fall of 2008 (called Egyptian Goddess). According to some surveys, the two most commonly litigated design patents are over shoes and lamps, so this is a “can’t miss” event for everyone in the shoe industry.
Lee Tran & Liang (LTL) is a law firm based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, that is rated AV-Preeminent (the highest possible rating). LTL focuses its practice on intellectual property, including design patent and trade dress protection and litigation for footwear. LTL has a significant cross-border practice between Asia and the United States. Enoch Liang has litigated several footwear design patent and trade cases, including defending Nike’s Air Jordan XVII against claims of infringement. He has the unique distinction of practicing intellectual property law with leading law firms in both China and the United States, giving him rare experience and perspective regarding the legal systems of the world’s 2 largest economies. Enoch has spoken around the world on issues relating to intellectual property. Enoch graduated from Columbia Law School with honors. Steve Hansen has prepared and prosecuted numerous design patent applications for shoe designs licensed to Diesel and Pony. Steve has also participated in enforcement campaigns for footwear design patents, including performance of pre-filing infringement analyses and review of prior art asserted by accused infringers. Steve’s representative footwear patents include U.S. Design Patent Nos. D526767, 526114, 525769, 524018, 524017, 524015, 523615, 523218, and 523215. Steve graduated from Harvard Law School with honors.
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