David L. Hoffman, Esq.

David Hoffman has been an attorney practicing exclusively in intellectual property law (patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition) since 1985.  He has a B.S. from MIT and earned his law degree at University of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Hoffman represents multinational companies as well as numerous start up to medium size businesses and individuals.  He both litigates and procures rights for his clients, and with his philosophy of procuring the broadest rights possible, performing good clearance procedures, and negotiating, has successfully avoided and minimized litigation for clients he counsels.  Mr. Hoffman has taught for a patent bar review class, has authored articles and given lectures on intellectual property, and has been named to Who’s Who Millennium Edition and Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans in American Society & Business.

 
                                    
            Mr. Hoffman has broad based experience in all phases of intellectual property practice: licensing of computer software and other inventions, counseling and procurement in various technologies including computer software, business and internet processes, mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, microprocessor control, medical, optics and materials science, as well as litigation.  He has also performed numerous patentability, validity and infringement studies and due diligence and clearance projects.  He obtains and manages foreign as well as domestic protection for patents, trademarks and copyrights. 

 

LEGAL PRACTICE

2003-present                 LAW OFFICES OF DAVID L. HOFFMAN                  Valencia, California

1996-2002                       CISLO & THOMAS llp                                         Santa Monica, California
Partner       

                                                                                                                                                       
 1989-1995                     CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE                                     Pasadena, California
 Associate Attorney

1985-1989                      SUGHRUE, MION, ZINN, MACPEAK & SEAS            Washington, DC  
Associate Attorney

 

EDUCATION
JD, May 1985
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL                                         Philadelphia, PA
Top 40%.  Appellate court competition.  Copy editor for law school paper.

BS, June 1982
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY                                        Cambridge, MA
GPA:  4.7 (5.0 scale), Top 20%. Member Chi Epsilon (Civil
Engineering Honor Society), Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) Invitee.

EXAMPLARY AUTHORSHIPS 

"Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights, Oh My!," David L. Hoffman, Santa Clarita Magazine, July 2002.

 "Copyright Basics," David L. Hoffman, Santa Clarita Magazine, June 2002.

 "Why Do I Need A Trademark Registration?," David L. Hoffman, Santa Clarita Magazine, January 2002.

“Tailoring Nondisclosure Agreements to Client Needs,” David L. Hoffman and Robert J. Lauson, Los Angeles Lawyer, Special Technology Law Issue, Vol. 23, No. 7, October 2000.

“Cease-and-Desist Letters in Intellectual Property Disputes,” David L. Hoffman and Robert J. Lauson, Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 22, No. 6, September 1999, Reprinted in Computer Lawyer, Vol. 16, No. 12, December 1999.

“Recent Changes In Foreign Copyright Laws,” Perspectives, Summer 1995.