Try Jennifer Whitelaw. A better trademark lawyer (excellent) than you
need but on the ground and good for what you need. Neil Smith
Here is contact info:
WHITELAW LEGAL GROUP
3838 Tamiami Trail North
Third Floor
Naples, Florida 34103
Telephone: 239-262-1001
Facsimile:: 239-261-0057
E-mail: mail[_at_]whitelawfirm.com
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Note new contact information:
Neil A. Smith
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Four Embarcadero Center
17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Direct Dial: (415) 774-3239
Direct Fax: (415) 403-6084
Email: nsmith[_at_]sheppardmullin.com
-----Original Message-----
From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
[mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of JFN
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:31 PM
To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
Subject: [CNI-(C)] referral for Florida lawyer
I need to refer someone to a Florida lawyer around Tampa/St. Pete. The case is in the Circuit Court for Pinellas County. There's a supposed copyright and/or trademark infringement claim, but the lawyer doesn't need to know anything about either to know that the complaint is without merit. You'd have to see it to believe it. Plus, the plaintiff's lawyer has broken every rule in the book, starting out by serving the complaint without a summons, demanding instead that defendants send the answer to him at his office; scheduling a hearing on a motion for preliminary injunction without serving the motion, and agreeing to cancel it only if defendants took down their website. There's lot's more. A good lawyer would have a field day with this.
The defendants have a start-up business and not a lot of cash, but there is plainly a Rule 11 motion (or state law equivalent) that should cover fees and costs; and I think there's another few thousand dollars for an agreement that the defendants won't file a disciplinary action with the state bar association, if that can be pulled off without violating some local rule. I need to send this to a decent litigator who plays rough, and would rather chew up opposing counsel than chew up his client's retainer.
John Noble
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