Trademark/Trade Dress/Copyright Infringement Expert Witnesses
Trademark/trade dress/copyright infringement expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on trademark/trade dress/copyright infringement. The trademark/trade dress/copyright infringement expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Advertising, Appraisal & Valuation, Intellectual Property, and Marketing.
Weston Anson, MBA CONSOR
La Jolla, California
Intellectual Property, Appraisal & Valuation
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Intellectual Assets, Trademarks, Patents, Copyright Licensing, Valuations, Branding, Licensing, Intellectual Property Valuation, Consumer Goods Valuation
Mr. Anson is a world renowned IP expert with testifying experience in the United Kingdom, Europe, and in state, federal, tax, bankruptcy and probate courts in the US; as well as in arbitration and mediation. In trial testimony, multiple depositions, and numerous rule 26 reports, his expertise has been established and reaffirmed. Litigation clients include roughly half of the largest 100 US law firms.
Notable cases range from the largest trademark jury award in history to adidas of $304.6 million, to the successful litigation of Woody Allen vs. American Apparel: a $5 million settlement in a right of privacy and
publicity case, as well as Upaid Systems: a $70 million settlement in computer / telecom patent case. In addition Mr. Anson has been involved in other famous cases, such as the landmark Jesse Ventura case in which the
eighth circuit court of appeals noted “Anson's qualifications are quite impressive, and certainly more so than those of some experts whose testimony this co...
Thomas J Maronick, DBA, JD Maronick Associates
Baltimore, Maryland
Marketing, Advertising
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Survey research, consumer behavior, consumer confusion, deceptive advertising, trademark, trade-dress and genericness, Lanham Act, FTC, class-action litigation.
Federal and State qualified advertising, marketing and survey research expert representing plaintiff and defendant clients in advertising and trademark litigation matters. Designed over 700 surveys related to advertising, trademark trade dress and genericness areas for plaintiff and defendant clients. Former Director of Impact Evaluation in FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Expert in design and implementation of on-line and internet panel surveys. Author of journal articles on "Guidelines for On-Line Surveys in Litigation," "Comparison of Mall and On-Line Surveys in Litigation."