Konrad L. Trope

Konrad L. Trope is Of Counsel with the Chan Law Group. Mr. Trope brings over 20 years of expertise focused on intellectual property litigation, e-commerce litigation, as well as intellectual property and e-commerce transactions. He has won many cases against “cyber-pirates” and “cyber-squatters” who steal customers, content, domain names and trademarks from legitimate web site owners.

In addition, Mr. Trope handles many aspects of entertainment finance, production and distribution. Mr. Trope taught entertainment law for several years at California Western School of Law in San Diego, and has lectured on various aspects of intellectual property and entertainment law at UCLA, UCSB, California State University at Fullerton, California Institute of the Arts, Loyola Law School, and Southwestern University Law School.

Mr. Trope spends most of his time in federal court defending and prosecuting all forms of intellectual property infringement and misappropriation, as well as cyber-squatting, e-commerce and entertainment production, distribution and licensing disputes.

He has appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Trope has represented clients before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, as well as before SAG and AFTRA panel arbitrations.

Areas of Practice:

Intellectual property transactions and litigation

E-commerce and cyberspace transactions and litigation

Entertainment transactions and litigation

Trade secret litigation and licensing

Unfair competition litigation and counseling

Technology transfers and licensing litigation

Domain name dispute litigation and registration

Telecommunications litigation and counseling

Technology transfers and licensing litigation

Bar Admissions:

California

District of Columbia

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

UCLA School of Law, J.D. 1985. Editorial Staff Member, UCLA Law Review.

Pomona College, B.A., cum laude, 1981.

Representative Publications and Presentations:

Interception of Electronic Communications: Business/Government Interests vs. Invasion of Privacy, presented at International Technology Law Association Conference, April 24, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada

Security and Privacy Issues in Discovery and Litigation, presented at PLI’s 8th Annual Institute on Privacy and Security, San Francisco, California, June 5, 2007

IP Telephony Solutions, presented at Homeland Defense Journal Conference, Washington, D.C., April 18, 2007

Erosion of Security and Privacy in the Internet Age, presented at California State Bar Cyberspace Committee Meeting, Irvine, California, April 12, 2007

Telecom and the New Media, presented at International Technology Law Conference, Bangalore, India, February 14, 2007

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP): The Ultimate Tool for Cross-Border Communication, panel presentation at ABA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 2006

VoIP Deployment and Regulation in Asia, presented at the 2006 VoIP Asia Congress, Singapore, July 11, 2006.

FCC Inconsistency Benefits Law Enforcement in VoIP/Broadband Decision, Technology at Findlaw.com, July 9, 2006, found at http://technology.findlaw.com/articles/00006/010146.html

Security Problems Posed by VoIP and Related Internet Communication Technologies, presented at International Technology Law Association Conference, San Francisco, California, May 4, 2006

Representative Intellectual Property Matters:

Duncan McIntosh Co. v. Newport Dunes Marina, LLC, 324 F. Supp. 2d 1078, 71 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1295 (C.D. Cal. 2004);

Ø K-Swiss v. USA AISIQI Shoes, 291 F. Supp. 2d 1116, 68 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1340 (C.D. Cal. 2003);

Lockwood Int’l v. North River Ins. Co., 273 F.3d 741 (7th Cir. 2001);

Pedus Services, Inc. v. Sup. Court, 72 Cal. App. 4th 140 (1999).

Prior Work Experience:

FOLEY & LARDNER, Washington, D.C., Associate Attorney,1989-1991.

FINLEY, KUMBLE, WAGNER, HEINE, UNDERBERG, MANLEY, MYERSON & CASEY, Washington D.C., Associate Attorney, 1987-1989.

U. S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk to the Hon. Wilson Cowen, 1986-1987.

U. S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk to the Hon. H. Robert Mayer, 1985-1986.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, VoIP Committee Chair, Science & Technology Section, 2005—2010

California State Bar Cyberspace Committee, Telecom/VoIP Subcommittee Chair, 2004—2007