Will Rava focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation involving
trademarks, trade dress, domain names, copyrights and trade secrets. He has
successfully litigated such disputes in federal courts across the country,
before arbitration panels under the UDRP and before the Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board. Will also has extensive experience counseling clients in a variety
of industries on intellectual property and brand protection strategies,
including securing, policing, investigating and enforcing their rights,
investigating and removing from the market counterfeit and other unauthorized
goods, and investigating related unlawful Internet activities. Such matters
often involve requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminary
injunctions, an area in which Will has deep experience. In the last several
years alone, Will has worked to resolve disputes relating to trademarks,
copyrights and trade secrets in the following areas, among others:
Consumer products (including video games, food, books, and nail polish);
Software (including SaaS); and
Industrial and health care products (including natural stone products, wound
dressings and AEDs)
Will devotes a significant portion of his
practice to public law, including election and political law and promoting and
participating in pro bono representations on a wide variety of topics. He has
represented numerous campaigns and candidates in recalls, recounts, contests and
other election litigation (including the 2000 Washington US Senate recount, the
2004 Washington gubernatorial recount and contest, and the 2008 Minnesota US
Senate recount and contest) and regularly counsels campaigns, political parties
and political consultants on a variety of compliance issues.
Will also
has significant experience in corporate governance litigation and specifically
in defending corporations and directors in shareholder derivative actions and
responding to shareholder document requests and related demands.