Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, LLP announced that a California Federal Court granted client Forever 21, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim brought by Los Angeles Printex Industries, Inc. Fabric design company LA Printex filed a law suit in May, 2009, claiming that a print having a repetitive anchor design was covered by […]
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM), one of California’s foremost full-service law firms, served as lead transaction counsel in the sale of Magparts stock to a strategic buyer backed by a private equity group. The transaction closed on August 10, 2010 with the help of JMBM Partner David Sudeck. About Magparts Since 1958, Magparts has […]
For Arnold Engineering: JMBM Assists in Recapitalization by Private Equity Firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM), one of California’s foremost full-service law firms, served as primary outside counsel to Arnold Engineering with respect to its recapitalization by the private equity firm, Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. The transaction closed on November 10, […]
Representative Patent and Technology Cases Stan Gibson, an experienced technology and IP trial lawyer, represents inventors, manufacturers, owners and others in litigation centering on complicated technology. A partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) in Los Angeles, Stan represents both defendants and plaintiffs and has litigated dozens of cases on behalf of his […]
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Alan Hon and Po Sun Hon following the Ninth Circuit’s denial of their appeal in the Cosmos Jewelry Ltd. Trade Dress Infringement case. Cosmos Jewelry Ltd., represented by Rod Berman and Stanley Gibson, prevailed in a trial in the U.S. District Court […]
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP announced that its client, Western Aggregates LLC – a subsidiary of Eagle Materials Inc. – prevailed in a hearing before the State Mining and Geology Board (Board) to determine the validity of “vested rights” to mine and produce construction materials from lands in the Yuba Goldfields, one of the […]
The Missouri Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds successfully regained rights to the domain name “campinmissouri.com” through a strongly contested arbitration with Sugar Mountaindesign Company. The Association, represented by Rod S. Berman, Jessica Bromall Sparkman and Manali Dighe of the JMBM Intellectual Property Group, claimed that it owned the domain name as a trademark and […]
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled in favor of JMBM client Manley Toys, allowing its trademark cancellation case to move forward. In Wham-O Inc. v. Manley Toys, Rod Berman, Chair of JMBM’s Intellectual Property Group — with the assistance of associate Jessica Bromall Sparkman — successfully argued that Wham-O did […]
For Forest City Development and Westfield: Obtained approvals for the construction of a 1.5 million square foot retail and entertainment complex in San Francisco, part of the Westfield San Francisco Centre. The project included the preservation of the dome and façade of the former Emporium building, expansion of a Redevelopment Project Area and extensive negotiations […]
For Universal Paragon Corp: Obtained approvals clearing the way for the development of a $500 million project on 20 acres of brownfield in the Bay Area, near the San Francisco/Brisbane border. The complex deal involved settling a lawsuit, indemnifying parties from claims of future environmental liability, obtaining fixed cost contracts for remediation and securing environmental […]