Todd B. Serota

Extensive experience in all aspects of IP including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition and technology and Internet law.  Practice involves litigation, licensing, agreements, IP evaluation, strategic counseling and more.

Mar. 2002 – Present  LAW OFFICES OF TODD B. SEROTA
Practice involves virtually all aspects of intellectual property, with primary emphasis on litigation, licensing and strategic counseling; litigation and pre-litigation work has included 1) breach of an NDA, theft of trade secrets, copyright infringement, unfair competition, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and slander involving proprietary TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) treatment technology; 2) patent infringement involving Digital Access Arrangements in semiconductor modem technology; 3) patent and copyright infringement involving computer hard drive partition software; 4) breach of an exclusive copyright license to well-known video games; 5) copyright infringement against thirteen defendants, including a multi-national conglomerate, involving jewelry designs; 6) copyright and trade secret infringement involving complex image manipulation software; 7) patent infringement involving cosmetic preparations; 8) breach of a stock purchase agreement and promissory note; 9) acrimonious termination of the relationship between two software industry recruiters; 10) copyright infringement involving airline reservation software; 11) patent and copyright infringement involving video store accessory products and the catalogues that advertise them; 12) breach of contract, ownership rights and trade secrets involving jewelry designs; 13) trademark infringement involving advertising; and 14) breach of contract involving the break-up of a software design company; licensing/contract experience includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, broker/finder’s fee agreements, software development agreements, joint venture agreements, non-disclosure/non-use agreements and settlement agreements.

Sep. 2015-Dec.2016           NEWPORT BRAIN RESEARCH LABORATORY, INC., Newport Beach, California
General Counsel:
Responsible for all legal functions of medical technology startup that uses TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) to treat a wide spectrum of brain maladies including Autism, Alzheimer’s, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, stroke and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury).

July 1999-Feb. 2002           BEEHLER & PAVITT, Culver City, California                                                  (Dissolved in February, 2002, after death of senior partner)
Of Counsel:
Small, 50+ year-old intellectual property firm; practice involved virtually all aspects of intellectual property, with primary emphasis on litigation, licensing and strategic counseling; litigation work included trademark infringement involving foam earplugs, patent infringement involving video editing equipment and software and patent infringement involving home exercise products.

June 1997-June 1999          TROOP STEUBER PASICH REDDICK & TOBEY, LLP, Los Angeles, California
Partner:
Varied client base with needs in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, trade dress and right of publicity, as well as other business torts; first chair intellectual property litigation responsibility, with particular emphasis on patent litigation in the areas of biotechnology, industrial safety products and electronic components and copyright and trade secret litigation involving advertising media; primary responsibility in other intellectual property areas, including licensing, strategic counseling, trademark prosecution and supervising patent prosecution; assisted other partners with entertainment deals and litigation.

June 1993-June 1997          BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP, Los Angeles, California
Partner:
Partner in charge of intellectual property practice in Southern California; varied client base with needs in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition and trade dress; responsibilities involved all aspects of intellectual property, including litigation, licensing, strategic counseling, due diligence in IPO’s, mergers and acquisitions, trademark prosecution and supervising patent prosecution.
                          

EDUCATION:
Dickinson School of Law at The Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (J.D., 1983)
Class Rank:  Top 20%
Honors:  Marshall Appellate Moot Court Team                  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(S.B., Chemical Engineering, 1980)