LMWF | Dariush Keyhani, Of Counsel

Dariush Keyhani is a founder of the law firm of Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC, a national intellectual property law boutique firm, heads the intellectual property litigation and licensing practice of the firm and consults clients on all aspects of intellectual property law. Mr. Keyhani serves as of counsel to the law firm of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP.

At any given time, Mr. Keyhani is lead counsel in multiple intellectual property related litigation/disputes in U.S. federal courts around the country and has regularly achieved favorable results defending and enforcing intellectual property rights of domestic and international clients. Prior to forming Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC, Mr. Keyhani was invited to serve as a visiting professor of intellectual property law at the National University in South Korea where he taught graduate law courses in intellectual property law to examiners at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). He also previously worked at the international law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP as well other highly regarded Manhattan and New York law firms where he focused on intellectual property litigation matters.

Mr. Keyhani was also the founder and first Editor-in-Chief of the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal that is now subscribed to by the leading law schools in the United States and is regularly cited. Mr. Keyhani regularly publishes in academic law journals as well as trade journals on a variety of intellectual property law, international, and civil procedure issues and is regularly invited as a guest speaker and panelist at international forums on intellectual property law. Mr. Keyhani has served as an adjunct on the faculty of SUNY Buffalo School of Law where he teaches courses on intellectual property law and litigation.

Mr. Keyhani is admitted in the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and Western District of New York, New Jersey District Court and NJ Bar and is regularly admitted pro hac vice in federal courts around the U.S.

Mr. Keyhani is bilingual.

Of Counsel
Tel: 716.898-8938
Fax: 716.299.2499
Email: dkeyhani@lippes.com

Practice Areas:

Intellectual Property Litigation, Counseling and Licensing

Education:

LL.M. (Trade Regulation/Intellectual Property Law), New York University School of Law (candidate)
J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law
M.S., Molecular Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine
M.S. Ed., University of Rochester Graduate School of Education
B.A., Cum Laude , University of Rochester

Admitted To Practice:

New Jersey
Eastern District of New York
Southern District of New York
Western District of New York
New Jersey District Court

Representative Recent Cases Where Mr. Keyhani Has Served As Lead Litigation and Trial Counsel:

Ramaswamy Venugopal v. Sharadha Terry Product, Ltd., 07 CV 0484 (2009, Western District of New York)(in trademark infringement matter obtained dismissal of Defendant’s motion for lack of declaratory judgment subject matter jurisdiction);

Air Vent, Inc. v. Vent Right Corporation, 08 CV 0146 (2009, Western District of Pennsylvania)(in Markman hearing in patent infringement matter obtained decisive ruling for client Air Vent, Inc on all proposed terms and phrases);

Air Vent, Inc. v. Shandex Industrial Inc., 08 CV 5375 (2009, District Court for the District of New Jersey)(obtained consent judgment of validity and infringement of the two patents at issue);

Cedric R. Emanuel v. Tiger Tools International, Inc., 6:08 CV 453 (2009, Eastern District of Texas)(represented plaintiff in patent infringement action against defendant and obtained a license agreement with an 8 percent royalty rate of gross sales of products covered by patents at issue);

Pitbull Productions, Inc. v. The Urban Netmedia Group, Inc. et al., 08 CV 60791 (2008, Southern District of Florida)(brought trademark and copyright infringement action against defendants and obtained a judgment for 2.85 million dollars against defendants);

Softrend, Inc. v. Wee Squeak et al., 07 cv 0411 (2008, Western District of New York)(brought patent infringement action on behalf of plaintiff and obtained settlement with patent royalty on gross sales of products covered by patents at issue);

The Talent Acquisition Group, Inc. v. Talent Acquisition Group, L.L.C., 07 CV 11137 (2008, Southern District of New York)(in response to cease and desist letter brought declaratory judgment action against defendant for non-infringement of trademarks obtained dismissal with prejudice of all claims against client defendant);

University Housing Property Management, LLC et al. v. The United Group of Companies, Inc. et al., 1:08 CV 686 (2008, Western District of New York)(represented plaintiff in trademark infringement action and obtained consent judgment and injunction against defendants);

Southeastern Metals Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. Al’s Sheetmetal Industry LLC, 3:07 CV 461 (2008, Middle District of Florida)(brought patent infringement action against defendant and obtained a 9.5 percent royalty rate on gross sales of products covered by patent at issue);

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. et al. v. EuroAsia Products, Inc., 08 CV 638 (2008, Western District of New York)(represented plaintiff in declaratory judgment action in response to cease and desist letter for patent infringement and obtained dismissal with prejudice of claims for patent infringement and royalty free license agreement);

Edward Shapiro, P.C. et al. v. Laxman et al., 06 CV 5865 (2008, Eastern District of New York)(successfully represented defendants against claims of trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement relating to software technology and obtained dismissal with prejudice of all claims against client defendants);

Mei L. Wang et al. v. CYR International, Inc. et al., 07 CV 05462 (2008, Southern District of New York)(represented plaintiffs in trademark infringement action against numerous defendants including publicly traded South Korean corporation and obtained monetary settlements, judgments and injunctive relief for client plaintiffs);

Jack Lo v. Designer Appliances, Inc., 07 CV 3095 (2008, Eastern District of Texas)(in response to claim of patent infringement brought declaratory judgment action for non-infringement and invalidity on behalf of client defendant against patent holder in Eastern District of New York, successfully transferred case out of the Eastern District of Texas and obtained dismissal with prejudice of all claims against client defendant);

The Mayatech Corporation v. Lloyd Burkett et al., 07 CV 4823 (2008, Southern District of New York)(represented client defendants in action for trademark infringement and related claims under the federal Lanham Act and obtained dismissal with prejudice of all claims against client defendants).

Representative Publications:

Academic

“Personal Jurisdiction and Trademark Infringement on the Internet” (forthcoming);
“Permanent Injunctions in Patent Cases,” Buff. Intell. Prop. L. J. (Spring 2009)(forthcoming);
“Patent Law in the Global Economy: A Modest Proposal for U.S. Patent Law and Infringement Without Borders,” 52 Villanova Law Review ___ (Fall 2009)(forthcoming);
“Bulova Wrongly Decided: A Case against Extraterritoriality of Trademark Law,” 6 CHI. KENT J. INTELL. PROP. 33 (2007);
"U.S. Patent Law and Extraterritorial Reach,” Vol 7, TUL. J. TECH. & INTELL. PROP. 51 (2005);
“35 U.S.C. 287(c) and Patent Infringement of Medical Procedure Patents,” Vol 3, BUF. INTEL. PROP. J. (2005) (co-author);
“A Comparative Look at Jurisdiction, Extraterritoriality & Cyberspace,” Journal of American-Canadian Studies, spring 2003 (Chungnam National University Press).

Professional/trade

Intellectual Property: What's hot in 2006? New Jersey Lawyer, Dec. 26, 2005.
Biotech start-ups & the Importance of an effective patent Strategy. SiliconIran, June/July 2002