Viking Tech Law

08/30/2022

One satisfying aspect of my small tech law practice is watching start-ups succeed. One client had (what I thought at first) was a simple invention. But then a large company bought the patent application we filed. Apparently there's a good market for the product.

03/03/2022

We are pleased the President nominated Judge Jackson to the US Supreme Court. Our city, Irvine, California, is exceptionally diverse. We have a dynamic, tech-driven economy. Diversity can be rocket fuel for prosperity.

Ketanji Brown Jackson (born September 14, 1970)[1] is an American attorney and jurist serving as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2021.[2]

10/07/2021

🤔 From being ever curious...
🧠 ...to using collective intelligence.

Six problem-solving mindsets can help you navigate these tough times. More at: https://mck.co/3abhFPW

09/08/2021

Our Law Clerk, a graduate student at Yale, wrote an article for our US Supreme Court blog. Case: A fellow went to buy a car. They ran a credit check, credit report said he might be a terrorist. Wasn't true. They wouldn't sell him the car. US Supreme Court by 5-4 made it harder for people to sue a credit agency for putting an inaccurate terrorist or criminal flag in their file.

On the 25th of June, 2021, the US Supreme Court limited the ability of a class of consumer plaintiffs to pursue data privacy-related claims in federal court in TransUnion LLC vs. Ramirez. To have standing to sue, one must show they suffered "concrete harm," even when a credit agency has incorrectly....

10/17/2020

Our Law Clerk, Leo Krapp of University College London and a graduate of Irvine's University High School, writes of a victory for US trademark owners. Infringers may have to give up their profits in particularly bad cases. https://vikingtechlaw.com/blog

03/10/2020

Thank you to Thomson Reuters for naming us to a Southern California Super Lawyers list for the 10th year.

03/01/2019

Photo of several past Presidents of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association. We were at the annual Judges' Night Gala this week. Thank you to Jordi Sanchez for the photo.

02/19/2019

Toy of the Year! Our friends at Victury Sports won a prestigious "Toy of the Year" award at New York Toy Fair 2019. Stunning victory for a first-ever toy- Ollyball - by a start-up company. We're thrilled to work with this amazing team on patent and business matters from the very start.

02/13/2019

We will be with our client, Victury Sports, at New York Toy Fair 2019 from Feb. 15-18. Part of our role is obtaining patents on products like the amazing Ollyball & Victury Ball. Play ball indoors without breaking anything! Scored a coveted Toy of the Year nomination. Honored & excited to work with this stellar team!

10/22/2017

Viking Tech Law shirt in Laguna Beach, CA

09/13/2017

My article on protecting trade secrets !

A company develops new tech potentially worth $1 billion. An employee quietly downloads secret details and sends them to a foreign government. P**f!

06/25/2017