Kenneth Wilton Named to Daily Journal List of Top IP Litigators in California

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Brian Kiefer, Director of Public Relations
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Ivette Delgado, Public Relations Manager
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LOS ANGELES (April 19, 2013) – Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today that Los Angeles Intellectual Property partner and chair of the firm’s national trademark practice Kenneth Wilton was selected by the Daily Journal, California’s largest legal news provider, as one of the top 75 IP litigators in California.

Wilton was selected based on the work completed in the past year that included in representation of Double-Take Software in successfully defending a copyright infringement suit in Texas, sorting through millions of emails in discovery in order to successfully defend a client against a false advertising suit under the Lanham Act and sate laws, and his continued work protecting the trademarks owned by Allergan, including the famous BOTOX mark.

Wilton’s practice focuses primarily on trademark, copyright, and patent litigation in the U.S. federal courts, and counselling and prosecution in the areas of trademark and copyright law. He has extensive experience litigating trademark disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as the filing and prosecution of trademark applications. He has supervised the conduct of international anti-counterfeiting activities involving the enforcement of trademark and copyright laws throughout the world. He is experienced in and regularly counsels clients regarding Internet-related trademark and copyright issues, and has filed and defended over two dozen proceedings under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP).

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