About Mr. Kelly Wayne Cunningham

Mr. Kelly Wayne Cunningham is a lawyer practicing trademarks, unfair competition, domain name infringement and 15 other areas of law. Kelly received a B.S. degree from University of California at Los Angeles in 1989, and has been licensed for 30 years. Kelly practices at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Services

Areas of Law

Intellectual Property 2
- Trademarks
- Patents
Antitrust and Trade Regulation 1
- Unfair Competition
Litigation
Other 14
- Domain Name Infringement
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Intellectual Property Portfolio Management
- Intellectual Property Prosecution
- Intellectual Property Procurement
- Copyright Litigation
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Prosecution
- Patent Portfolio Management
- Trade Secret Misappropriation
- Trademark Litigation
- Trademark Registration
- International Trademarks
- International Patents

Practice Details

Firm Information

Position
Attorney

Firm Name
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
Representative Cases & Transactions

Cases
Recent sampling: patent litigation consultant for plaintiff's counsel in patent infringement suit involving virtual private networks over the internet
resulting in $368 million jury verdict. Represented defendants in a $31 million patent infringement suit involving pain relief cream, got the court to dismiss nine of the ten defendants
then got the U.S. Patent Office to reexamine
invalidate the asserted patent. Defended a leading maker of musical instruments in a trademark infringement action
conducted a copyright
trademark noninfringement
rights of publicity evaluation for a b
's music video to clear it for MTV.

Transactions
Prosecuting patents and trademarks for medical practitioners; patents for casino game innovators; patents for an industry leading online advertising optimization and infrastructure company; trademarks for a film studio and a graphic design studio; patents and copyrights for exercise equipment developer, patents, trademarks, and copyrights for one of the world's largest television direct response companies.I patented the wheel (check it out: U.S. Patent No. 7,014,523), the axle (U.S. Patent No. 7,223,152), a way to efficiently turn ocean wave energy into electricity (U.S. Patent No. 7,525,212), a multi-wavelength-pumped laser (U.S. Patent No. 7,633,990), cauterizing surgical tweezers, a casino game that is more fun than craps, a guitar body, a six-wheeled skateboard, and a piezoelectric printer head. I registered numerous copyrights, such as for computer software, comic book characters, and a routine for hypnotherapy.

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1996, California
1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships
State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property)
Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.
Education & Certifications

Law School
University of California at Los Angeles
Class of 1995
J.D.

Other Education
University of California at Los Angeles
Class of 1989
B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering

Legal Certifications
Certified Patent Lawyer

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