Barry Frederick Soalt

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Intellectual Property Counseling
  Establishes intellectual property audits
  programs for managing trademark portfolios of many companies in diverse product areas, from clothing to software
  from telecommunications to entertainment
  digital media arts.
  Manages strategic trademark portfolios for clients, including worldwide trademark monitoring to identify conflicting applications
  potential infringement, requiring enforcement action through active network of foreign counsel to provide quick cost-effective action.
  Licenses
  subsequent sales of a trademark to a major beverage company.
  Counsels franchisors in obtaining
  maintaining portfolios of intellectual property worldwide
  drafted
  obtained state approvals for Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars (UFOC).
  Performs due diligence
  transfer documentation in intellectual property sales
  acquisitions, including drafting of assignments
  licensing.
  Preparation of numerous agreements for website development, terms of use, access, privacy policies, services, licensing
  electronic commerce.
  Negotiates
  drafts numerous license agreements regarding the intellectual property rights of both public
  private companies. Broad experience in drafting commercial agreements including: Non-Disclosure
  Non-Competition Agreements, Independent Contractor
  Consultant Agreements, Employee Agreements, Sales Representative Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Dealer Agreements
  Exclusive Dealing Agreements.
  Intellectual Property Litigation
  Represents clients in infringement analysis, trademark litigation in the Federal Courts,
  in Oppositions
  Cancellations before the Trademark Trial
  Appeal Board.
  Represents public company plaintiff in service mark infringement, cyber-piracy
  unfair competition action against unlawful use of marks including use of marks as domain names.
  Defends trade dress, trademark
  design patent infringement actions against manufacturers in Federal Court.
  Represents clients as plaintiff in software copyright infringement actions in Federal Court.
  Represents clients in seizure action against manufacturers, distributors
  retailers selling infringing video games, filed concurrently in multiple districts of multiple states.
  Uses traditional trademark actions, the Federal Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
  ICANN proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy to enjoin use of
  compel the transfer of domain names infringing registered trademarks.