Jeffrey Norberg - Northfield Civil Litigation Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

I spent more than a decade in Silicon Valley, where I worked for two premier law firms (Howard Rice and Cooley) handling IP disputes for some of the best known brands in the world.. Representative cases include:. Trademark Cases. Facebook. Jeff has represented Facebook in more than a dozen trademark litigation matters, both in federal courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board:. • Facebook v. Teachbook, No. 2011-cv-03052 (N.D. Ill.) (challenge to TEACHBOOK mark). • Lamebook v. Facebook, No. 2010-cv-00833 (W.D. Tex) (challenge to LAMEBOOK mark). • Facebook v. Various, No. 2011-cv-01805 (N.D. Cal.) (challenging FACEBOOK OF SEX mark). • Timepnes v. Facebook, No. 2011-cv-06967 (N.D. Ill.) (challenging Facebook’s use of “timepne”). • CVG-SAB v. Facebook, No. 2012-cv-14521 (E.D. Mich.) (challenging Facebook’s use of “want”). • Think Computer Corporation v. Facebook, No. 92049206 (T.T.A.B.) (genericness challenge to FACEBOOK mark). • Facebook v. PetVetSpace, No. 91189492 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register VETBOOK). • Facebook v. Lee, No. 91188901 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register DRUNK WALL). • Facebook v. Everclear Communications, No. 91191915 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register TALKBOOK). • Facebook v. Bob Weiss, No. 91199373 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register FACEBROKER). • Facebook v. Resorb Networks (T.T.A.B.) (application to register FACEPILES). • Facebook v. Where, No. 91198868 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register PLACEBOOK). • Facebook v. Think Computer Corporation, No. 91198355 (T.T.A.B) (application to register FACEMAIL). • Facebook v. SNRG Ventures, No. 91200221 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register SHAGBOOK). Google. Jeff has represented Google in a number of trademark enforcement and defensive matters, including litigation before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board:. • Google v. Doeswijk, No. 91198947 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register WINDROID). • Google v. Beckner, No. 91205920 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register G+). • Google v. Williams, No. 91204159 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register APARTMENT ANDROID). • Google v. Farnsworth, Boulter, Burke & Stamper, No. 91211077 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register ICOMMANDROID). • Google v. VIA Technologies, No. 92056816 (T.T.A.B.) (petition to cancel CHROME). • Google v. Shenzhen Golden – Window Electronic & Technology Company, No. 91208523 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register PANDROID). • Google v. Fujii, No. 91208115 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register SUPERANDROID). • Google v. Border Stylo, No. 92058815 (T.T.A.B.) (petition to cancel WRITE ON GLASS). • Factory Holdings and Border Stylo v. Google, No. 91214017 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register GOOGLE GLASS). Other Trademark Matters. • Keeper Security, Inc. v. Dashlane, Inc., No. 2015-cv-07440 (N.D. Ill.) (alleged trademark infringement). • BDO Remit USA v. Stichting BDO, No. 2011-cv-04054 (C.D. Cal.) (use of BDO REMIT). • Victory Outreach Corporation v. Twitter, No. 2013-cv-01501 (E.D. Mo.) (complaint for third-party liability). • Digital Chocolate v. Zynga, No. 2010-cv-03758 (N.D. Cal.) (use of MAFIA WARS mark). • Information Superbrand v. Fotonauts, No. 91192315 (T.T.A.B.) (application to register FOTOPEDIA). • Avid Life Media v. Marital Affair, No. 2012-cv-07603 (C.D. Cal.) (alleged trade dress infringement). • Keen LLC v. Martin Keen, No. 2005-cv-03796 (N.D. Cal.) (use of KEEN mark). • Bayer v. Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems, No. 91171465 (T.T.A.B.) (registration of MULTILIEVE and SUPRALIEVE marks). • Valent U.S.A. v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals, No. 91165569 (T.T.A.B.) (registration of VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL mark). • Wham-O v. Paramount Pictures, No. 2003-cv-04071 (N.D. Cal.) (use of SLIP-N-SLIDE YELLOW WATER SLIDE). • Namco v. PC Amusements, No. 2003-cv-00365 (M.D. Fla.) (use of MS. PACMAN and GALAGA trademarks). Patent Cases. Facebook. Jeff has also represented Facebook in more than a dozen patent litigation matters, including the successful representation of Facebook in its first jury trial: Leader Tech. v. Facebook, No. 2008-cv-00862 (D. Del.). Other Facebook patent cases include:. • Cross Atlantic Capital Partners v. Facebook, No. 2007-cv-02768 (E.D. Pa.). • Beneficial Innovations v. Facebook, No. 2009-cv-00175 (E.D. Tex.). • WhoGlue Inc. v. Facebook, No. 2009-cv-00705 (D. Del.). • Affinity Labs of Texas v. Facebook, No. 2009-cv-04436 (N.D. Cal.). • SimpleAir v. Facebook, No. 2009-cv-00289 (E.D. Tex.). • Mekiki v. Facebook, No. 2009-cv-00745 (D. Del.). • Tele-Publishing v. Facebook, No. 2009-cv-11686 (D. Mass). • Wireless Ink v. Facebook, No. 2010-cv-01841 (S.D.N.Y). • Interval Licensing v. Facebook, No. 2010-cv-01385 (W.D. Wash.). • Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Facebook, No. 2011-cv-00400 (E.D. Tex). • Promotional Technologies v. Facebook, No. 2011-cv-03488 (N.D. Tex.). • Yahoo! v. Facebook, No. 2012-cv-01212 (N.D. Cal.). • Bascom Research v. Facebook, No. 2012-cv-06293 (N.D. Cal.). Other Patent Matters. • Technology Development & Licensing v. Comcast, No. 2008-cv-03584 (N.D. Ill.). • Qurio Holdings, Inc. v. Comcast, Case No. 2014-cv-07488 (N.D. Ill.). • Innovative Office Products v. eBay, No. 2010-cv-04487 (E.D. Pa.). • Affinity Labs of Texas v. Nike, No. 2010-cv-05543 (N.D. Cal.). • Applera v. Solexa, No. 2007-cv-02845 (N.D. Cal.). • Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche, No. 2005-cv-04158 (N.D. Cal.). • In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Litigation, No. 07-ml-01816 (C.D. Cal.) (largest patent MDL in U.S. history). • Zenith Electronics Corporation v. Thompson, No. 2006-cv-00017 (E.D. Tex.). Copyright Cases. The bulk of Jeff’s copyright practice consists of confidential counseling on the subjects of avoiding liability for copyright infringement and protecting creative works. Jeff has also litigated several copyright matters, including:. • Epikhin v. Game Insight, Case No. 2014-cv-04383 (N.D. Cal.). • Diascience v. Blue Nile, No. 2008-cv-09751 (S.D.N.Y.). • Star Fabrics v. Stein Mart, No. 2012-cv-01859 (C.D. Cal.). • Valve Corporation v. Vivendi Universal, No. 2002-cv-01683 (W.D. Wash.). • Gemma Redux v. Banana Republic, No. 2010-cv-03568 (S.D.N.Y.)