Sean M. Sullivan

Sean M. Sullivan is an associate in the Litigation Department of Wildman Harrold. Sean's practice focuses on a wide variety of intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, including trademark and piracy, copyright infringement, complex class actions, consumer actions alleging unfair competition, construction defect actions, product liability, and antitrust matters.

Representative Experience:

Represent defendant/counter-claimant Fun Dish against a trademark infringement action brought by Dish Network.
Represented an investment company defending against claims alleging copyright infringement and vicarious liability for copyright infringement related to the company’s investment in a web-based company that hosts video and music.
Defended a domain name registrar against claims alleging antitrust, RICO, suppression, breach of contract, and negligence claims related to the sale of domain names.
Represented Fortune 100 company in large-scale trademark infringement actions, involving thousands of defendants in coordinated mass actions.
Represented a leading producer and supplier of electronics in a number of complex class actions brought across the country focusing on claims for products liability, consumer fraud, and unfair competition.
Represented a leading manufacturer and supplier of synthetic fibers used in construction in a number of actions alleging class claims for product liability and negligence, consolidated mass actions, and false advertising and Lanham Act claims. The case ultimately went to trial and a verdict favorable to the client was achieved.
Engaged and represented a leading biometrics company in a licensing dispute with a competitor over core technology. A favorable resolution was reached in which the client was able to purchase the core technology and avoid litigation.
Represented a major health care provider pursuing $100 million of insurance proceeds to cover settlements and expenses incurred in defending a number of underlying actions.

Professional Associations:

American Bar Association

State Bar of California

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Beverly Hills Bar Association (Co-Chair and Secretary of the Intellectual Property, Internet and New Media section)

Bar Admissions:

California, 2003

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2003

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2003

Supreme Court of California, 2003

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2009

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 2009

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