Speaker Detail

Dan DeCarlo

Dan DeCarlo serves as vice-chair of the firm-wide Intellectual Property Practice Group, where his practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. Since 1992, DeCarlo has focused on complex business litigation concentrating on trademark and Lanham Act claims, copyright litigation, unfair competition litigation, false advertising, trade secret litigation, patent litigation, right of publicity and related business torts. He has served as lead counsel in numerous jury and bench trials and has extensive experience in all aspects of Federal Court litigation including preliminary injunctions, summary judgments and appeals to the Ninth Circuit and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal. In addition to litigation, DeCarlo's practice focuses on intellectual property enforcement and counseling, including trademark prosecution, licensing and creating strategies to enhance his client's intellectual property portfolio. He frequently lectures to business groups on intellectual property issues.