Shari Wollman is a partner in the Los Angeles office and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property practice. She focuses on intellectual property, entertainment, antitrust and media litigation, and represents leading computer and multimedia software publishers, computer games publishers, television stations and networks, motion picture studios, apparel manufacturers, telecommunications companies, patent holders, and numerous celebrities. She litigates copyright, trademark and patent infringement actions, trade secrets claims, defamation, First Amendment and right of publicity actions, internet and domain name disputes, cyberpiracy and piracy actions, antitrust and contract claims.
Ms. Wollman counsels clients with respect to intellectual property issues, brand and portfolio management, supervises the prosecution of trademark applications, and represents clients in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and internet dispute resolution proceedings. She has enforced copyrights in fictional characters, communications and computer software and published works, and has protected trademarks for a wide range of domestic and international industries and celebrities. She has obtained numerous injunctions, seizure orders and pre-judgment asset freezes, and has coordinated multi-site raids with law enforcement officials to seize counterfeit merchandise, including computer software and hardware, videocassettes, computer games, apparel and jewelry.
Ms. Wollman also practices antitrust law, and has defended clients in lawsuits and class actions involving the Sherman, Clayton and Cartwright Acts.