Joseph Petersen

Defended a global mobility company in copyright infringement litigation alleging that mobile network carriers were liable for unauthorized sharing of plaintiffs’ greeting card style MMS messages over their networks. The Ninth Circuit held, among other things, that the carrier defendants had no duty to implement a Digital Rights Management system to filter infringing content exchanged over their networks. Undeterred, the plaintiffs reformulated their case as an antitrust class action against defendants. The antitrust team with support from the copyright team again successfully defended client against the reformulated claims. See Luvdarts, LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 710 F.3d 1068 (9th Cir. 2013).

Represents a Fortune 100 financial services company in trademark license negotiations and copyright issues.

Represented a leading jewelry design firm in connection with copyright litigations filed against numerous infringers of client’s valuable copyrights.

Represented leading independent music label with litigation and mediation in connection with claims brought by music label relating to pre-1972 music recordings.

The firm served as co-lead counsel for AT&T Mobility in connection with a rate court proceeding commenced by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in connection with performance of music on wireless devices and the Internet. Case was resolved by settlement.

Represented Hachette Filipacchi Media US Inc., a leading publisher of fashion magazines, in connection with lawsuit arising from termination of license agreement in New York.

Represents leading manufacturer of waterproof, breathable fabric in connection with the enforcement of the company’s trademarks.

Represents a California-based Fortune 500 multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software products in trademark enforcement work, including lead counsel representation of client in multiple proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.