Intellectual Property
Justice Wallin joined JAMS in 1999 after 20 years on the bench, including the last 16 years on the California Court of Appeal. As a jurist with extensive experience resolving large, complex commercial, construction, real estate, employment, insurance, and intellectual property disputes, he ruled on thousands of injunctions and Temporary Restraining Orders. Since joining JAMS, he has successfully mediated and arbitrated a broad range of Intellectual Property cases. Justice Wallin is also a frequent presenter of Continuing Legal Education programs on trade secrets and injunctions.
Representative Mediations
- Dispute between a credit card issuer and owners of pornographic websites
- Dispute concerning copying of restaurant style, format, and menu
- Dispute concerning copying of website designs and photos by a competing website
- Dispute over copying of an athletic shoe design
- Dispute over unauthorized use of a rock concert performer’s master recordings and claims of copyright infringement by a former member of his band
- Internet domain name ownership dispute, including claims of cyber squatting and defamation
- Jazz composer’s claim of copyright infringement in a television commercial
- Music copyright claim against a singer-actor concerning ownership of song lyrics and music
- Numerous trade secret disputes
- Several patent claims involving electronic inventions and biotechnology
- Trademark infringement claim against a touring rock group
Representative Arbitrations
- Dispute over rights to jewelry designs
- Disputes between competing companies over biotechnology products and patents
- Disputes over product packaging design copying
- Software copyright disputes
