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Steele, David J.
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Partner
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Newport Beach
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(949) 476-0757
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david.steele@cph.com
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Internet Law, Litigation, Trademarks and Unfair Competition
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Biography
David J. Steele is a Partner at the firm and manages the Newport Beach office. Mr. Steele specializes in trademark and Internet law. Mr. Steele assists clients with both acquiring intellectual property rights and protecting those rights. Mr. Steele is also an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he has taught Trademark Law and Internet Law since 2001.
Prior to law school, Mr. Steele was the Engineering Manager at Fibertron Corporation, where he worked on the design and implementation of high speed computer networks and Internet engineering. He has served as a Technical Advisor and member of the Network Advisory Board for Networld+Interop. As a member of the Boston Working Group, Mr. Steele worked with the U.S. Government to transfer the technical coordination of certain aspects of the Internet to ICANN.
Admitted
- State Bar of California, 2000
- U.S. District Courts: Central and Northern Districts of California; and District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- J.D. degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2000
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,1996
Representative Publications and Presentations
- Author: Closed Corp. v. Open Sesame: A Simulated Infringement Case Arising in Cyberspace, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, 1055.
- Mr. Steele is a frequent speaker at educational conferences, including numerous presentations to the California State Bar (Annual Conference, Annual Internet Law Conference, Annual Sectional Educational Institute, etc.); International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Trademark Law and the Internet conference; Networld+Interop; Domain Roundtable; and many others.
Representative Matters
Verizon v. OnlineNIC, United States District Court, Northern District of California (2009). Represented Verizon in complex cybersquatting action involving OnlineNIC’s registration and use of 663 domain names that were confusingly similar to Verizon’s trademarks. Obtained judgment for $33,150,000, which is the largest cybersquatting judgment granted to date, and permanent injunction.
Redbrick Pizza v. Redstone Pizza, United States District Court, Central District of California (2009). Represented Redbrick Pizza in connection with trademark and trade dress action against a competitor. Obtained both preliminary and permanent injunctions against the competitor’s use of the trademarks and trade dress.
Verizon v. Lead Networks, United States District Court, Central District of California (2009). Represented Verizon in complex cybersquatting action involving Lead Networks’ registration and use of 241 domain names that were confusingly similar to Verizon’s trademarks. Obtained judgment for $24,100,000 and permanent injunction.
Dell v. BelgiumDomains, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida (2008). Represented Dell in complex cybersquatting action involving the registration and use of over 1,000 domain names that were confusingly similar to Dell’s trademarks. Obtained consent judgment and permanent injunction pursuant to confidential settlement agreement.
Fioretto Franchising Corp. v. Yofiore Franchising Company, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (2009). Represented Fioretto in trademark and service mark action. Obtained stipulated judgment and permanent injunction.
Neiman Marcus v. Dotster, United States District Court, Western District of Washington (2007). Represented Neiman Marcus in complex cybersquatting action involving the registration and use of over 25 domain names that were confusingly similar to Neiman Marcus’ trademarks. Obtained permanent injunction pursuant to confidential settlement agreement.
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