June 2010 - LTL Attorneys LLP

Los Angeles, CA — June 2010

On June 2, 2010, the Central District Court of California granted complete summary judgment to LTL’s clients in a hotly contested copyright and trade dress case. Firm partner Enoch H. Liang-together with attorneys Daniel Taylor and Daniel Yu-defended Bedrosian’s (in Orange County) and Hirsch Glass Company (in New Jersey) against a $2.55 million claim brought by a well-known glass tile manufacturer and distributor.

Initially, the Court only dismissed the plaintiff’s trade dress claims, noting its “failure to produce any evidence that is properly considered in connection with a secondary meaning analysis of a trade dress claim under the Lanham Act.” However, the Court ruled that the Plaintiff’s 17 copyright claims survived for trial.

Nevertheless, LTL managed to convince the Court to take a second look at the copyright claims. Less than 4 days before trial was scheduled to begin, the Court also dismissed the 17 copyright claims. Specifically, the Court ruled “that there is no substantial similarity (much less virtual identity) insofar as the protectable items are concerned as between Plaintiff’s copyrighted products and Defendants’ glass tiles.”

“LTL intends to aggressively seek to recover its client’s attorneys’ fees and costs from the plaintiff,” said partner Enoch Liang, “as we vigorously seek to protect our clients’ interests.”

About Lee Tran & Liang APLC

Lee Tran & Liang (“LTL”) is a Los Angeles based law firm focusing exclusively on business and intellectual property litigation. The firm’s partners have practiced at prominent multi-national firms, and are graduates of top law schools including Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia. Primary practice areas include business disputes (breach of contract, aggrieved investors and professionals, and commercial disputes) and intellectual property litigation (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets). What sets the firm apart is its ability to offer creative fee arrangements to meet its clients’ needs. The firm specializes in what it calls “1-to-10” cases – $1 Million to $10 Million business contingency matters. In appropriate cases, clients pay no legal fees unless either a verdict of settlement is reached. This is the LTL difference.

Los Angeles, CA – June 2010 — June 2010

Lee Tran & Liang APLC (“LTL”) prevails in arbitration of an employment dispute for one of the nation’s leading commercial service financial institutions. Firm partner K. Luan Tran and associate Daniel Yu defended Hana Financial, Inc. against a $2.3 million age/race discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, and failure to prevent and remedy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by a former employee. The arbitration was argued before one of the top employment law neutrals, Deborah Rothman, Esq., of Professional Mediation and Arbitration.

After conducting necessary discovery, LTL was able to get plaintiff’s race discrimination dismissed on summary adjudication. Subsequently, in what was scheduled to be a 6-day arbitration, LTL efficiently and effectively countered plaintiff’s case and presented defendant’s case-in-chief to allow for the arbitration to be completed in just 2 days. After careful consideration, the arbitrator ruled in favor of LTL as to all causes of action, ruling that plaintiff “take nothing on his claims.”

“We are very pleased with the outcome of this case,” said partner K Luan Tran, “and we will continue to vigorously represent our clients by preparing thoroughly and dissecting our opponents’ case with utmost attention to detail.”

About Lee Tran & Liang APLC