Experience

Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  Representative Cases: Robert Naify Trust Cases: Defense of trust claims for multi-billion dollar trust. Netlist v. Diablo. Trial of trade secret, patent and trademark claims involving HyperCloud® LR-DIMM memory module technology. Wells Fargo v. ABD. Represented defendants in trademark case over business name; twice defeated Wells Fargo’s motions for preliminary injunction. Geron v. ViaCyte. Successful defense of Section 146 appeal of patent interference action based on PTO Board of Appeals’ finding of lack of enablement. Scicom v. Actuate. Prosecuted copyright and breach of contract action concerning misuse of database software. Software Litigation. Defended Washington Mutual, JP Morgan and Raytheon against claims of breach of software license agreements and copyright claims. Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap v. Hain Celestial, et al. Obtained dismissals of unfair competition and Lanham Act claims in favor of cosmetic manufacturer accused of deceptively labeling products as “Organic.” Sun Microsystems v. Azul. Represented Sun in connection with patent, trade secret, contract and interference claims brought against former employees concerning JAVA-based software and hardware for parallel chip computing. Broadband Holdings v. Norwest. Obtained summary judgment for former directors and venture capital shareholders in breach of fiduciary duty and fraud action. Forge v. National Semiconductor. Defense verdict for National after six-week class action jury trial alleging breach of fiduciary duty and Section 11 and 12 securities violations in connection with manufacture of microprocessors. Soko Bukai v. YWCA. Successfully sued for breach of trust in connection with historic building in San Francisco’s Japantown, resulting in conveyance of historic home of the Japanese YWCA to a community childcare organization.



Howrey LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Partner

  • Mar 2005 - Aug 2010



Cooley Godward

• Partner

  • 1984 - 2005