Atul R. Singh
Associate
Associate
Areas of Expertise
Intellectual Property Litigation
Trademarks and Copyrights
Unfair Competition
Counseling
Professional Summary
Mr. Singh is a litigator with experience in all areas of intellectual property with a particular focus on copyrights, trademarks, unfair competition, the Internet, false advertising, and opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Singh's litigation experience also includes handling mediations and arbitrations and appeals before the federal courts of appeal. In addition, Mr. Singh has negotiated settlement agreements, intellectual property licenses and trademark co-existence agreements. He also has coordinated and managed all aspects of discovery in litigation, including acting as liaison with clients to organize discovery strategies, drafting and responding to discovery requests, deposing witnesses and supervising large-scale document productions.
Education
J.D. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2000, Cum Laude,
Member, Cardozo Law Review
B.S. Finance and International Business, Georgetown University, 1995
Admissions
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern
and Western Districts of New York
Memberships
Committee on Trademarks and Unfair Competition, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Decisions
The Pomeroy Collection, LTD. v. Kirkland’s Inc. & Home Essentials & Beyond, Inc., Case No. 08-cv-635-AG-RNB (C.D. Cal. filed June 10, 2008) (successfully opposed motion for temporary restraining order in action concerning trade dress infringement and unfair competition claims)
Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32844 (S.D.N.Y. May 23, 2006), aff'd, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 3216 (2d Cir. Jan. 11, 2007) (successfully opposed motion for preliminary injunction in trademark case and obtained affirmance of decision on appeal)
Shine v. Childs, 382 F. Supp. 2d 602 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (defeated motion for summary judgment in case of first impression in Second Circuit concerning copyright protection for architectural works)
Sharper Image Corp. v. Honeywell Int'l, Case No. C-02-4860 (N.D. Cal. filed Oct. 8, 2002) (successfully opposed motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in action concerning trade dress and patent infringement claims)
Hughes v. Somers, Case No. 06-CV-3546 (S.D.N.Y. filed May 10, 2006) (represented indigent artist pro bono named as defendant in copyright infringement case and obtained settlement and dismissal of case)
Mr. Singh is a litigator with experience in all areas of intellectual property with a particular focus on copyrights, trademarks, unfair competition, the Internet, false advertising, and opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Singh's litigation experience also includes handling mediations and arbitrations and appeals before the federal courts of appeal. In addition, Mr. Singh has negotiated settlement agreements, intellectual property licenses and trademark co-existence agreements. He also has coordinated and managed all aspects of discovery in litigation, including acting as liaison with clients to organize discovery strategies, drafting and responding to discovery requests, deposing witnesses and supervising large-scale document productions.
Education
J.D. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2000, Cum Laude,
Member, Cardozo Law Review
B.S. Finance and International Business, Georgetown University, 1995
Admissions
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern
and Western Districts of New York
Memberships
Committee on Trademarks and Unfair Competition, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Decisions
The Pomeroy Collection, LTD. v. Kirkland’s Inc. & Home Essentials & Beyond, Inc., Case No. 08-cv-635-AG-RNB (C.D. Cal. filed June 10, 2008) (successfully opposed motion for temporary restraining order in action concerning trade dress infringement and unfair competition claims)
Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32844 (S.D.N.Y. May 23, 2006), aff'd, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 3216 (2d Cir. Jan. 11, 2007) (successfully opposed motion for preliminary injunction in trademark case and obtained affirmance of decision on appeal)
Shine v. Childs, 382 F. Supp. 2d 602 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (defeated motion for summary judgment in case of first impression in Second Circuit concerning copyright protection for architectural works)
Sharper Image Corp. v. Honeywell Int'l, Case No. C-02-4860 (N.D. Cal. filed Oct. 8, 2002) (successfully opposed motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in action concerning trade dress and patent infringement claims)
Hughes v. Somers, Case No. 06-CV-3546 (S.D.N.Y. filed May 10, 2006) (represented indigent artist pro bono named as defendant in copyright infringement case and obtained settlement and dismissal of case)
