Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.) joined JAMS following 16 1/2 years of distinguished service as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. During his time on the bench, Judge Denlow presided over thousands of matters in both the pretrial and trial stages. He conducted over 2,000 settlement conferences as a judge and over 650 mediations since joining JAMS in 2012.
A nationally recognized expert in settling cases, Judge Denlow has continued to prove invaluable to parties involved in intractable disputes at JAMS. His breadth of experience as an advocate, a settlement-focused judge and successful mediator makes him an ideal choice to mediate the complex case.
Judge Denlow settled a number of patent, trademark and copyright cases during his tenure as a Federal Magistrate Judge. Since coming to JAMS in October 2012, Judge Denlow has mediated IP disputes in a variety of contexts:
Representative Matters
Copyright/Trademarks:
- Setltled lawsuit for trademark infringement and breach of fiduciary duty arising out creation of new company in farm seed industry
- Settled lawsuit alleging copyright infringement of software pending in USDC WDWIS
- Settled suit against multiple defendants alleging copyright infringement in connection with educational texts
- Settled twelve suits for copyright infringement of architectural home designs and related insurance coverage issues pending in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana
- Settled false advertising claim pending in arbitration regarding the alleged misrepresentations of prescription drug plans
- Settled trademark infringement claim between two insurance companies pending in the USDC WDNC
- Settled suit involving claim for trademark violation and breach of restrictive covenant
- Settled suit for trademark infringement and unfair competition in the meeting management and event marketing industry
- Settled lawsuit for trade and copyright infringement involving medical scrub uniforms
Patent:
- Settled a patent suit involving thermal interface material
- Settled a patent suit involving automated trading of derivatives
- Settled two patent infringement suits between parties relating to popcorn makers
- Settled a patent suit involving on-line focus groups
- Settled pre-suit patent dispute involving respiratory devices
- Settled suit for patent infringement relating to spine surgery table
- Settled two suits involving claim for breach of patent license
- Settled a patent suit involving automotive software