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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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Ben Davidson specializes in litigation and trials involving patent infringement disputes. He has successfully represented Fortune 500 corporations in cases involving a wide variety of patented technologies, including software, hardware, communications, control circuitry, compact disc technology. Mr. Davidson has also successfully litigated cases involving copyright infringement, trademark infringement, idea submissions, dilution, unfair competition, breach of contract, securities, antitrust and insurance coverage issues.
Mr. Davidson has been recognized 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 successfully serving as trial counsel in a political asylum case.
Before completing law school, Mr. Davidson served as a patent examiner with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, where he examined applications involving power regulation and power conversion technology. Mr. Davidson has prepared and prosecuted patent and trademark applications and continues to advise clients in Patent Office proceedings involving reexaminations of patents that are the subject of concurrent district court litigation.
Representative Highlights
- Patent infringement case regarding database technology. Currently lead counsel in the Western District of Texas representing corporation providing software solutions in a case involving allegations of infringing patented method of querying databases through the Internet.
- Patent infringement regarding GPS technology. Lead counsel in representation of a leading advertising company accused of inducing infringement of patents on technology for delivering advertising on GPS monitors. Obtained dismissal of all claims.
- Litigation involving copyright and idea submission issues. Obtained a dismissal of all claims as lead counsel for Sir Sean Connery and a major motion picture studio in copyright infringement and idea submission litigation relating to a blockbuster movie.
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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 Eastern District of Texas
- 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 (BSEE, 1990)
- George Washington University Law Review, Member (1995)
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