Overview
Jason represents and advises clients in connection with all types of intellectual property disputes, including patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secret, right of publicity, and unfair competition matters. He has represented clients in district courts and United States Patent and Trademark Office proceedings. Although his practice focuses primarily on litigation and enforcement, Jason also has significant experience counseling clients with respect to licensing issues and obtaining global IP protection. He has been recognized by World IP Review (WIPR) in connection with his trademark and brand protection work.
Jason represents clients at all stages of the litigation process, including pre-litigation counseling, discovery, motion practice, trial, mediation, and settlement. He has experience with a wide array of products and technologies, including working with clients in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, fashion, and entertainment industries. He has been involved in numerous litigations involving Abbreviated New Drug Applications under the Hatch-Waxman Act and has experience with claim construction, preliminary injunctions, taking depositions, handling discovery disputes, and managing expert witnesses. He also has extensive experience representing clients in opposition and cancellation matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Jason worked as a summer associate at the firm in 2007 and joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s Orange County office in 2008. In 2016, he became a partner.
Education
- University of Southern California - Gould School of Law (USC) (J.D., 2008)
- Villanova University (B.S. Chemistry, 2005), cum laude
Representative Matters
Monster Rod Holder Brands, Inc. v. Monster Energy Company, 4:24-cv-00702-SRC (E.D. Mo. 2024)
Represented defendant Monster Energy Company in trademark and trade dress infringement action. Obtained favorable settlement for client.
Monster Energy Company v. MonsterZ, LLC, et. al., (N.D. Fla. 2024)
Represented plaintiff Monster Energy Company in trademark and trade dress infringement action. Obtained favorable settlement for client.
United Merchant Services Inc., et al. v. Royal Western Computer, Inc. et al., (D.N.J. 2023)
Represented defendants in copyright infringement and breach of contract action in District of New Jersey.
Zox LLC, v. John Zox et al., (C.D. Cal. 2022)
Represented defendants in trademark infringement and right of publicity action in the Central District of California relating to defendants’ musical group and independent filmmaking. Obtained favorable settlement for clients.
Pacific Packaging Concepts, Inc. v. Nutrisystem, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2022).
Successfully enforced Pacific Packaging Concepts’ FRESH START trademark against Nutrisystem resulting in favorable settlement.
Monster Energy Company v. BeastUp LLC, 2:17-CV-1605-KJM (E.D. Cal. 2022)
Represented plaintiff, Monster Energy Company, in a trademark infringement action in the Eastern District of California. After a bench trial, the court awarded our client a permanent injunction.
Monster Energy Company v. Metro Giant, Inc., Case No. 5:20-CV-2616 (C.D. Cal. 2022)
Represented plaintiff Monster Energy Company in trademark and trade dress infringement action. Obtained favorable settlement for client.
Rousselot B.V. v. St. Paul Brands, Inc., et al., (C.D. Cal. 2021)
Represented defendants in trademark infringement action relating to collagen supplement products. Obtained favorable settlement for client.
Monster Energy Company v. Komelon USA Corporation (C.D. Cal. 2018)
Represented plaintiff Monster Energy Company in trademark and trade dress infringement action. Obtained favorable settlement for client.
Monster Energy Company v. The Nature’s Bounty Company et. al, (C.D. Cal. 2018)
Represented plaintiff, Monster Energy Company, in a trademark infringement action. Obtained favorable settlement for client.
Monster Energy Company v. Integrated Supply Network LLC, Case No. 5:17-cv-00548 (C.D. Cal. 2018).
Represented plaintiff Monster Energy Company in a trademark infringment action in the Central District of California related to Monster Energy’s trademarks and trade dress. Obtained a $5 million jury verdict in favor of our client.
Monster Energy Company v. C&M Distributing, et al., (D. Arizona 2017)
Represented plaintiff Monster Energy Company in trademark infringement and counterfeiting action in Arizona. Successfully obtained permanent injunction.
RB Wire Products, Inc. v. Everstrong Commercial Products, LLC, (C.D. Cal. 2015)
Represented plaintiff R&B Wire in trademark and trade dress infringement action Obtained favorable settlement for client.
Depomed, Inc. v. Banner Pharmacaps, Inc., et al. (D.N.J. 2015)
Represented defendants in patent infringement action relating to diclofenac potassium (the active ingredient in Depomed’s Zipsor® product).
Sweet People Apparel, Inc. v. ITC Girl, LLC, Case No. CV-12-7995 (C.D. Cal. 2013).
Represented defendant ITC Girl in trademark and copyright infringement action in the Central District of California relating to designs on the back pockets of Plaintiff’s jeanswear products. After preparing and serving multiple expert reports achieved favorable case-dispositive settlement for client.
Nautilus Neurosciences, Inc., et al. v. Wockhardt USA LLC, et al., Case Nos. 2:11-cv-1197, 2:12-cv-1243, 2013 WL 775750 (D.N.J. 2013).
Represented defendant Wockhardt in patent infringement action in the District of New Jersey on patents relating to diclofenac potassium (active ingredient in Nautilus’s CAMBIA® product). After a Markman hearing the District Court adopted Wockhardt’s construction of a critical disputed claim term which led to a favorable settlement for Wockhardt.
Purdue Pharma, L.P. et al. v. Ranbaxy Inc., et al., Case Nos. 10-civ-3734, 11-civ-2401 and 11-civ-7104 (S.D.N.Y. 2013).
Represented the Ranbaxy defendants in a patent infringement action in the Southern District of New York on patents relating to oxycodone (the active ingredient in Purdue’s Oxycontin® product). Achieved favorable case-dispositive settlement for client.
Alza Corp. et al. v. Kremers Urban LLC et al. 1:10-cv-0023 (D. Del. 2011).
Represented defendants in patent-infringement action in the District of Delaware on a method patent relating to the use of methylphenidate (the active ingredient in Alza’s Concerta® product). Achieved favorable case-dispositive settlement for client.
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. (W.D Tex. 2010).
Represented defendant Smith & Nephew in case involving patents relating to negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Successfully obtained judgment that KCI patents were invalid for obviousness.
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. (W.D Tex. 2009).
Successfully represented Smith & Nephew in opposing motion for preliminary injunction based on alleged infringement of patents relating to negative pressure wound therapy.
Salix Pharm. v. Novel Lab. et al., 3:08-cv-4628 (2008).
Represented Salix Pharmaceuticals in a patent-infringement action relating to Salix’s OsmoPrep® product. The Knobbe Martens team achieved a favorable case-dispositive settlement for Salix.
Affiliations
- International Trademark Association (INTA), Programming Advisory Council, Professional Development Committee
- American Bar Association (ABA), Intellectual Property Section
- Orange County Bar Association (OCBA)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
News & Insights
Articles
Author, Copyright exhaustion in the US: what the Kirtsaeng and ReDigi decisions tell us about the future of the first sale doctrine and secondary markets for copyrighted goods, North American Regional Forum News, Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, Vol 4 No 2 (September 2013).
Speeches & Seminars
Presenter, INTA’s Brand Resilience: Risk, Recovery, and the Future of the Brand Practitioner Conference – “The Adventure Begins…” (September 23, 2021)
