Steven S. Hanagami

Steven S. Hanagami is an associate with the Chan Law Group. Mr. Hanagami focuses his practice on intellectual property and business litigation by applying his engineering and technical background along with his legal experience. With over ten years of litigation experience in business and intellectual property, he has successfully handled business litigations and patent litigations in the technical areas of electronics, mechanical, and material sciences as well as trademark litigation in the federal district courts. Mr. Hanagami has also prepared and prosecuted various utility and design patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Areas of Practice:

Patent Prosecution

Intellectual Property Litigation

General Business Litigation

Bar Admissions:

California

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

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education:

George Washington University, National Law Center, J.D., 1992.

UCLA, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1982.

CSUF, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2010.

Representative patent applications:

D611,417, Cigarette lighter adapter power supply device

D595,223, USB powered USB charging battery device

Pub. App. No. 20090172917, Access door lever

Representative intellectual property litigation matters:

Lusa Lighting International Inc. v. America Elex Inc. (patent infringement litigation)

Crank Bros. Deck Company Inc. v. Crank Brothers Construction Inc. (trademark infringement and unfair competition)

Spy Optic Inc. v. West Coast Deals Inc. (patent infringement).

Representative Prior Work Experience:

Keyes Fiber Company, Technical Manager, 1987-1989.

Lever Brothers Company, Senior Staff Engineer, 1984-1987.

Stuart Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of ICI Americas Inc., Project Engineer, 1982-1984.