Lee Tran & Liang Wins Complete Pre-Trial Dismissal of $2.55 Million Copyright and Trade Dress Claim
LOS ANGELES, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 2, 2010, the Central District Court of California granted complete summary judgment to Lee Tran & Liang's clients in a hotly contested copyright and trade dress case. Firm partner Enoch H. Liang, together with Daniel Taylor and Daniel Yu, defended Bedrosian's (in Orange County) and Hirsch Glass Company (in New Jersey) against a $2.55 million claim brought by a well-known glass tile manufacturer and distributor.
Initially, the Court only dismissed the plaintiff's trade dress claims, noting its "failure to produce any evidence that is properly considered in connection with a secondary meaning analysis of a trade dress claim under the Lanham Act." The Court ruled that the Plaintiff's 17 copyright claims survived for trial.
Nevertheless, Lee Tran & Liang attorneys convinced the Court to take a second look at the copyright claims. Less than four days before trial was scheduled to begin, the Court dismissed the remaining 17 copyright claims. Specifically, the Court ruled "that there is no substantial similarity (much less virtual identity) insofar as the protectable items are concerned as between Plaintiff's copyrighted products and Defendants' glass tiles."
"Lee Tran & Liang intends to aggressively seek to recover its client's attorneys' fees and costs from the plaintiff," said partner Enoch Liang, "as we vigorously seek to protect our clients' interests."
About Lee Tran & Liang APLC
Lee Tran & Liang ("LTL ") is a Los Angeles based law firm focusing exclusively on business and intellectual property litigation. The firm's partners have practiced at prominent multi-national firms, and are graduates of top law schools including Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia.
Primary practice areas include business disputes (breach of contract, aggrieved investors and professionals, and commercial disputes) and intellectual property litigation (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets).
What sets the firm apart is its ability to offer creative fee arrangements to meet its clients' needs. The firm specializes in what it calls "1-to-10" cases – $1 million to $10 million business contingency matters. In appropriate cases, clients pay no legal fees unless either a verdict or settlement is reached.
This is the Lee Tran & Liang difference. For more information, please contact partner Thomas Suh at (213) 612-8906 or visit our website at www.ltlcounsel.com.
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