David R. Sugden dsugden@calljensen.com
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Mr. Sugden is a shareholder at Call, Jensen
& Ferrell, and specializes in intellectual property litigation
throughout the
▪ $47.4 Million Verdict (Software Misappropriation / Copyright Infringement): A unanimous jury ordered a software pirate to pay Mr. Sugden’s client $47.4 million following a three-week jury trial in federal court.
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$20 Million Judgment (Software
Misappropriation / Copyright Infringement): A consent
judgment of $20 million against a software pirate followed a
surprise search and seizure with
▪ $10 Million Judgment (Warranty Fraud / Trademark Infringement): A consent judgment of $10 million against an illegal gray marketer was obtained after investigative brand protection purchases were able to prove intentional warranty fraud and illegal black/gray marketing of Mr. Sugden’s client’s trademarks.
▪ $5 Million Judgment (Breach of Contract / Trademark Infringement): A consent judgment of $5 million was obtained against a “reselling partner” of Mr. Sugden’s clients brand protection purchases were able to show that the reselling partner was engaging in prohibited gray market transactions.
Brand Protection Treatise (
Mr. Sugden is also the author of Gray Markets: Prevention, Detection, and Litigation (Oxford University Press 2009), which highlights the strategies and theories to protect brand owners from the black and gray marketing of their products. It is currently available for sale online through Amazon and Oxford University Press.
Other Publications
▪ Just or Unjust Compensation: Effective Strategies to Maximize Recovery in the Intellectual Property Trial (Intellectual Property Today, December 2007)
▪ Going Gray? Putting An End To Illegal
Marketing (IP Law 360,
Education and Background
Mr. Sugden was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from
For the fourth year in a row, Mr. Sugden has been named by
Los Angeles Magazine a “Rising Star” – a distinction reserved
for just two and one-half percent of the attorneys in
