Intellectual Property Advice and Litigation

Our intellectual property and public records law expertise came in handy when rideshare company Lyft asked for our help protecting its confidential ride and driver data in Portland.  The Oregonian newspaper sought Lyft’s competitively sensitive ride and vehicle data from the City of Portland, which received data from Lyft pursuant to nondisclosure agreements and City regulations of transportation network companies.  After the District Attorney ordered the City to produce the data to The Oregonian, we obtained a temporary restraining order blocking the release of the data by making a preliminary showing that it qualified as trade secret data.  In later briefing and a hearing on the merits and requesting an injunction against the release of records, we argued that Lyft’s …

Our client, an apparel company, was sued by a craft brewer for specific performance of settlement and consent agreements resulting from a trademark dispute involving conflicting uses of the ROGUE brand.  The brewer alleged our client failed to amend certain trademark applications and registrations pursuant to a settlement agreement, which our client maintained was unnecessary because of certain actions of the trademark office.  In response, we developed the record showing that there was “clear and unambiguous” evidence that the settlement agreement was terminated as a consequence of the brewer’s aggressive actions toward our client.  After hearing argument on cross motions for summary judgment, the court agreed with our position and dismissed the claims against our client.