Diana Leiden
Partner
Diana practices trademark, copyright, right of publicity, and antitrust litigation, focusing on emerging technology and Internet issues, and has significant experience counseling clients regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). She has represented several technology and media companies in cutting edge intellectual property matters and is a frequent writer on new developments in copyright and entertainment law.
Key Matters
- Represented a class of Women’s National Team soccer players in gender discrimination litigation against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
- Represented a major talent agency in antitrust litigation against a writer’s union.
- Defended Internet service provider in copyright lawsuits involving the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA.
- Representing a video game company in multiple intellectual property disputes.
- Represented an international luxury fashion brand in footwear trade dress and trademark litigation.
- Represented Office Depot in copyright litigation brought by Great Minds concerning educational materials subject to Creative Commons licenses.
- Represented generics company Respirent Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. in trade dress infringement litigation brought by Glaxo Group Limited.
- Represented Kiva Health Foods LLC, a supplements and super-foods company in a trademark infringement litigation against Kiva Brands Inc., a cannabis-infused edibles company.
- Representation of a multinational mass media corporation in a case alleging trademark and copyright infringement, as well as violations of the “copyright management information” provisions of the DMCA.
- Defended leading retailers against allegations that certain footwear carried in stores and online infringed on design patents, trademarks, and trade dress associated with a leading footwear company’s products.
- Representation of web hosting companies, domain names, and online service providers in a number of copyright cases.
- Representation of several companies in proceedings in front of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Represents plaintiffs TreeHouse Foods, Inc., Bay Valley Foods, LLC, and Sturm Foods, Inc., in their antitrust lawsuit against Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., alleging monopolization, conspiracy, tying, exclusive dealing, unfair competition, anticompetitive product redesign, patent misuse, and sham litigation claims.
Diana Leiden boasts an impressive track record representing technology and media companies in cutting-edge trademark matters.
World Trademark Review 1000
Diana Leiden stands out for her rare combination of zealous advocacy, practicality and congeniality.
The Legal 500