E-Mail: bob@lauson.com
Mr. Lauson concentrates his practice in Intellectual Property Litigation, including Patent, Trademark and Copyright infringement and defense actions, as well as representing clients at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, licensing and counseling in general as to Intellectual Property.
Admitted: 1994 All California Federal Courts and U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Law School: Southwestern University School of Law (Los Angeles), J.D. 1994.
Organizations: Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association 1992 – present (Board of Directors 2002 - 2004); Los Angeles County Bar Association, Manhattan Beach and El Segundo Chambers of Commerce, South Bay American Inns of Court.
Selected Reported Cases: NCE v. Lockheed-Martin.pdf 43 USPQ2d 1036 (C.D. Cal. 1997) (motion for preliminary injunction granted in trademark case); Guthy-Renker v. Bernstein.pdf 1999 U.S. Dist. Lexis 23361, 27 Media L Rep. 2084 (C.D. Cal 1999) (liquidated damages provision found unenforceable), 2002 U.S. App. Lexis 8369 (9th Cir 2002) (affirming judgment awarding Bernstein only nominal damages); Electropix v. Liberty Media.pdf 178 F. Supp. 2d 1125 (C.D. Cal. 2001) (preliminary injunction imposed; (court later modified its order and broadened the injunction and the case settled with defendants changing their name).
Publications: “Nondisclosure Agreements.pdf" Los Angeles Lawyer, Sep. 2000; “Cease and Desist Letters in Intellectual Property Disputes.pdf” Los Angeles Lawyer, Sep. 1999 (Reprinted in Computer Lawyer, Dec. 1999); “The Problem of Joint Inventorship,” National Law Journal, April, 1996; “Patent Prosecution on Contingency,” New Matter Spring, 1994. In 2005 Mr. Lauson was quoted in a news story concerning the court of appeals for the federal circuit’s decision in Lamle vs. Mattel.
In 1999 Mr. Lauson contributed to a Los Angeles Times news story regarding patent enforcement insurance and his client The Pencil Grip Inc. story
Technical Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S. Engineering (with honors), M.S. Engineering.
Industry Experience: McDonnell-Douglas (Huntington Beach, CA) Space Station Freedom structure design, electrical systems design 1987-1992; Northrop (Pico Rivera, CA) B-2 Bomber structures design; General Dynamics (San Diego) Cruise Missile manufacturing engineering.
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