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Ben M. Davidson
550 South Hope St.
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90071
+1 213.892.1866
+1 213.892.2300 (Fax)
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Partner
Ben Davidson is a partner at Howrey LLP specializing in all aspects of intellectual property litigation and related complex litigation and counseling. Mr. Davidson also has considerable experience in unfair competition litigation, as well as a broad range of commercial disputes involving breach of contract, securities, and insurance coverage issues.
Mr. Davidson served as an Examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, where he examined patent applications involving power regulation and power conversion technology. He has also prepared and prosecuted patent applications and counseled clients regarding allegations of patent infringement.
Mr. Davidson has been recognized in 2005, 2006 and 2007, by Law & Politics magazine as a Southern California Super Lawyer Rising Star in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation.
In 2003, Mr. Davidson was named “Advocate of the Year” by Public Counsel for serving as pro bono trial counsel in a political asylum case. Mr. Davidson has served as a deputy prosecutor for the City of Anaheim through the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Trial Advocacy Project. There, he prosecuted a number of criminal matters, including several jury trials through verdict.
"Howrey's lawyers and staff understand that our job is to 'stand on the wall' for our clients and make their problems our own. That attitude, along with Howrey's focus on trying difficult cases, has helped me serve my clients over the years."
Representative Highlights
- Copyright Litigation Regarding Motion Picture. Represented a studio and well-known actor in copyright infringement litigation relating to a successful motion picture.
- Dispute Regarding Inventor’s Rights to Ophthalmic Patents. Represented inventor of patents relating to ophthalmic surgical implants in a dispute regarding ownership of the patents and royalties.
- Litigation Regarding Exercise Device Patent. Represented owner of patents on abdominal exercise device in a series of lawsuits against national retail chains and infomercial companies that were selling infringing devices.
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Admissions
Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the District of Arizona
- United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- George Washington University Law School (JD, 1995) with highest honors, Order of the Coif George Washington University Law Review, Member (1995)
- Union College - Schenectady, N.Y. (BSEE, 1990)
- George Washington University Law Review, Member (1995)
Languages
- Farsi
- French
- Basic Conversational Japanese
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