James Hopenfeld

Of Counsel

James Hopenfeld focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling in a wide range of industries from analog circuits and computers, to telecommunication systems, to medical devices and pharmaceutical.

James has over 30 years of experience as an intellectual property trial lawyer, including as a partner at Fish & Neave and Ropes & Gray. James has litigated and tried patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright cases in district courts from coast to coast as well as in the United States International Trade Commission, the Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D. magna cum laude (1992)
University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Biochemistry High Honors (1988)

Bar Admissions

California
District of Columbia
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Court Admissions

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

Professional Activities

Adjunct Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School
Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court (former officer)
Law Clerk to the Hon. Roderick R. McKelvie, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Viscosoft, Inc. v. Hangzhou Shangwai Trading Co., Ltd. (W.D.N.C.): Represents defendant in patent infringement case involving mattress toppers.

Hangzhou Qianmai Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. v. Bearaby Inc. et al. (D. Del.): Represented plaintiff in patent infringement case relating to weighted blankets.

Wildcat Licensing LLC v. Parrot Drones SAS et al. (W.D. Tex.): Represented defendant in patent infringement case relating to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology.

Yamauchi Corp. v. Albany International Corp. (D.S.C., N.D.N.Y., C.D.Cal.): Represented Yamauchi in several patent infringement cases against Albany International related to shoe-making and paper-making belt technology.

Parrot S.A. et al. v. QFO Labs, Inc. (D. Del.): Represented plaintiffs in patent infringement case relating to flying hovercraft technology.

Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc. v. NewZoom, LLC et al. (D. Del.): Represented defendant NewZoom, LLC in patent infringement case relating to product vending and consumer demand technology.

Implicit LLC: Represented Implicit LLC in several patent infringement cases against different defendants. The patents related to technology for synchronously playing back media across different devices.

Auction Management Systems v. Live Global Bid, Inc. et al. (N.D. Ga.): Represented defendants in patent infringement case relating to online car auction technology.

TV Tokyo Corp. v. dokidokicosplay et al. (W.D. Pa.): Represents defendant dokidokiscoplay in trademark and copyright infringement action relating to the Naruto animated series.