Stephen P Demm

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Practice Areas: Mr Demm's practice focuses on intellectual property and technology litigation, counseling, and prosecution, with emphasis on trademark, trade dress, copyright and domain name litigation and dispute resolution. His practice also includes intellectual property audits and policies; clearance, registration and management of intellectual property assets; intellectual property and technology licenses and agreements; and counseling on advertising and promotions, including consumer sweepstakes.

Professional Memberships: International Trademark Association, American Bar Association, ABA Intellectual Property Law Section, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Virginia State Bar, Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section, Virginia Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Section, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, Merit Selection Panel for U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.

Career: Litigated cases include CFA Institute v. Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, 551 F.3d 285 (4th Cir. 2009); Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Speedy Car-X, Inc., 35 U.S.P.Q.2d 1703 (E.D. Va. 1995); Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. von Drehle Corp., 618 F.3d 441 (4th Cir. 2010); Playtex Products, Inc. v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 67 U.S.P.Q.2d 1923 (S.D.N.Y. 2003), aff'd, 390 F.3d 158 (2d Cir. 2004); Takeall v. Pepsico, Inc., 809 F. Supp. 19 (D. Md. 1992), aff'd, 14 F.3d 596 (4th Cir. 1993), cert. denied, 512 U.S. 1236 (1994).