Atty. Brent D. Sokol
Brent D. Sokol has more than 30 years of experience representing medical device and biotechnology companies, broadcasters, new media technology companies, consumer products companies, and others in patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, contract, tortious interference, false advertising, and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)/piracy claims.
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Brent D. Sokol is a Shareholder based in Los Angeles, California, practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Their practice focuses on ip. Educated at Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1993) and Northwestern University (B.S. Biomedical, 1987). Recognitions include Peer Reviewed. Active member of Professional & Community Involvement •National Commissioner, Anti-Defamation League •Co-Chair of ADL Civil Rights Committee, Los Angeles Region •Los Angeles Regional Board Member •Former Regional Co-Chair, ADL Summer Associate Legal Research Program. Serands clients in Los Angeles, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Brent D. Sokol has more than 30 years of experience representing medical device and biotechnology companies, broadcasters, new media technology companies, consumer products companies, and others in patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, contract, tortious interference, false advertising, and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)/piracy claims
- Brent litigates complex intellectual property and related contract and tort disputes, including those involving multiple forums and forms of intellectual property
- As a former biomedical engineer and a registered patent attorney for over three decades, Brent has argued to jury and judge alike with a mastery of complex facts and law that he conveys with clarity and conviction
- Brent is also an acknowledged leader and national speaker about the global restructurings of a company’s intellectual property, and in particular the rights of companies and their lenders with respect to such restructurings
- Concentrations •Medical device and biotechnology patent and related contract and inventorship/ownership litigation •Global restructuring of trademark and other intellectual property rights in distressed situations and post-merger/acquisition •Trademark, design patent and trade dress litigation •Authorship/inventorship/ownership disputes •Copyright infringement and DMCA litigation Recognition & Leadership Awards & Accolades •Listed, LMG Life Sciences, 'Life Science Star,' 2021-2025 •General Patent Litigation, 2021-2025 •Patent Strategy & Management, 2021-2025 •Patent Prosecution, 2021-2025 •Selected, Euromoney Legal Media Group, “Life Sciences Star -Patent Litigation,” 2012-2020 •Selected, Managing Intellectual Property, “IP Star,” 2015-2025 •Patent, 2015-2025 •Trademark, 2020-2025 •Copyright, 2020-2025 •Recipient, L.A
- County Commission on Human Relations, “John Anson Ford Award for Intellectual Property Litigation (Corporate award for beneficially impacting human relations in Los Angeles County”
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
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