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For more than four decades, Fenwick & West has helped some of the world’s most recognized companies become, and remain, market leaders. From emerging enterprises to large public corporations, our clients are leaders in the technology, life sciences and cleantech sectors and are fundamentally changing the world through rapid innovation.
Fenwick & West was founded in 1972 in the heart of Silicon Valley—before “Silicon Valley” existed—by four visionary lawyers who left a top-tier New York law firm to pursue their shared belief that technology would revolutionize the business world and to pioneer the legal work for those technological innovations. In order to be most effective, they decided they needed to move to a location close to primary research and technology development. These four attorneys opened their first office in downtown Palo Alto, and Fenwick became one of the first technology law firms in the world.
From our founding in 1972, Fenwick has been committed to promoting diversity and inclusion both within our firm and throughout the legal profession. For almost four decades, the firm has actively promoted an open and inclusive work environment and committed significant resources towards improving our diversity efforts at every level.
At Fenwick, we are proud of our commitment to the community and to our culture of making a difference in the lives of individuals and organizations in the communities where we live and work. We recognize that providing legal services is not only an essential part of our professional responsibility, but also an excellent opportunity for our attorneys to gain valuable practical experience, learn new areas of the law and contribute to the community.
Year after year, Fenwick & West is honored for excellence in the legal profession. Many of our attorneys are recognized as leaders in their respective fields, and our Corporate, Tax, Litigation and Intellectual Property Practice Groups consistently receive top national and international rankings, including:
- Nearly 15 percent of Fenwick partners named America's Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA and Chambers Global
- Selected as a "Go-To" law firm by in-house legal departments at Fortune 500 companies in Corporate Counsel magazine
- Named to The National Law Journal's inaugural "Intellectual Property Hot List" for outstanding patent, copyright, trademark and IP litigation services
We take sustainability very seriously at Fenwick. Like many of our clients, we are adopting policies that reduce consumption and waste, and improve efficiency. By using technologies developed by a number of our cleantech clients, we are at the forefront of implementing sustainable policies and practices that minimize environmental impact. In fact, Fenwick has earned recognition in several areas as one of the top US law firms for implementing sustainable business practices.
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At Fenwick, we have a passion for excellence and innovation that mirrors our client base. Our firm is making revolutionary changes to the practice of law through substantial investments in proprietary technology tools and processes—allowing us to deliver best-in-class legal services more effectively.
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Mr. Bridges’ global practice is dedicated to trial and appellate litigation, arbitration and strategic counseling in high stakes matters for Internet, technology and consumer-focused companies with respect to new business models, media, technologies and communications platforms. Considered a thought leader on cutting-edge legal issues, he has 25 years of complex litigation experience in copyright, trademark, advertising, trade secret, consumer protection, unfair competition, licensing, and other commercial law disputes. In addition, Mr. Bridges is a strategic advisor to entrepreneurs and companies on their branding and trademark portfolios. He also oversees the management of global portfolios and the coordination of foreign litigation matters for innovators and companies around the globe.
Before joining Fenwick & West, Mr. Bridges was a partner and Vice Chair of the firmwide Intellectual Property practice at Winston & Strawn. From 1991 to 2004, he headed the Trademarks and Advertising Practices Group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. In 2008, he was listed as one of the top 100 lawyers in California, and since then he has been repeatedly ranked among the top 75 or 100 IP litigators in California. He has rankings in Band 1 for Intellectual Property—Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets by Chambers USA and in Band 1 for California (one of only two individuals at that level) and in Band 2 nationally for Trademark Litigation by World Trademark Review, is listed in The International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and in “Best of the Best” by Legal Media Group (for trademark law), and has been honored in a variety of other publications relating to e-commerce and intellectual property law.
Mr. Bridges served as a law clerk for the Honorable Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. The World Intellectual Property Organization's Mediation and Arbitration Center has selected him as a domain name arbitrator, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has appointed him an early neutral evaluator.
Mr. Bridges is on the editorial board of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (Oxford University Press); an advisory board member for the Electronic Frontier Foundation; and an active member in numerous organizations, including the Copyright Society of the USA, International Trademark Association, International Technology Law Association, Media Law Resource Center, Federal Bar Association, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He is fluent in Modern Greek and proficient in French and Italian. He is a trustee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and a former director of the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. He speaks frequently at law schools, business conferences, and legal seminars.
Representative Cases
Mr. Bridges has handled a number of high-stakes cases before joining Fenwick & West, including:
- Recording Industry Association of America v. Diamond Multimedia Systems. Successfully defended launch of first popular MP3 music player against claims under Audio Home Recording Act.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster. Served as lead counsel for major defendant StreamCast Networks in major P2P copyright litigation; withdrew for financial reasons after 8 months, having set up strategy that prevailed in district court and court of appeals and having filed initial partial summary judgment motion.
- A&M Records v. Napster. Drafted influential neutral amicus brief on behalf of Digital Media Association in major P2P copyright litigation.
- Perfect 10 v. Visa Int’l Serv. Ass’n. Served as lead counsel for MasterCard in complex copyright, trademark, and publicity law secondary liability case, arguing for all defendants at hearings in district court and court of appeals.
- Perfect 10 v. Google and Amazon.com. Served as lead counsel for Google in defense of complex copyright and trademark claims arising from operation of search engine and advertising programs.
- Huntsman v. Soderbergh. Represented ClearPlay, Inc., defended maker of DVD replay filtering software against cutting-edge copyright (derivative work) claims by major motion picture studios and Lanham Act (mutilation) claims by major Hollywood directors and their guild (victory achieved through passage of Family Movie Act of 1995).
- People v. Network Associates. Defended a consumer fraud action by NY Attorney General against software maker for license terms prohibiting certain testing and reviews without written consent.
- Snap-On Tools v. CNET Networks. Thwarted TRO aimed at stopping launch of Internet portal under the name Snap! Online
- Stanford University v. Stanford Microdevices. Thwarted preliminary injunction against use of “Stanford” name during IPO.
Speaking Engagements 2012
- January 26: Fenwick & West LLP Seventh Annual IP and Technology Litigation Group MCLE Event, speaker on Recent Developments in Copyright Law (DMCA), Mountain View
- February 24: Northwestern Law School Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property Annual Symposium, panelist on “Copyright and the Future of the Entertainment Industry,” Chicago
- February 28: Copyright Society of the U.S.A., New York Chapter, debater on Stop Online Piracy act and PROTECT IP Act, New York
- March 1: Yale Law School, Information Society Project, luncheon speaker
- March 20: Bar Association of San Francisco, Barristers Club Intellectual Property and Internet Law Section, speaker on pending legislation
- July 9: Practising Law Institute conference on “Understanding Copyright in the Data Era 2012,” panelist on “Everything You Know Is Wrong: Formerly Settled Copyright Issues,” San Francisco
- July 21: State Bar of Michigan Summer Conference, speaker on “Secondary Liability in Copyright and Trademark Law,” Traverse City, Michigan
- September 14 and October 16: Practising Law Institute’s IP Institute – 2012, speaker on “Technology and Content,” New York and San Francisco
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