Professional Experience
Mr. Anderson’s practice emphasizes commercial and intellectual property litigation, negotiation, and counseling for high-technology and consumer products companies. He represents clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts in the fields of trademark, false advertising, copyright, rights of publicity, trade secret, domain name, licensing, partnership, contract, business tort, and fraud matters. These cases have frequently been at the forefront of Internet-related law, including trademark and copyright infringement arising from online activities, distribution of mobile content, privacy, click-through agreements, and consumer class actions involving user agreements. Mr. Anderson also has experience in alternative dispute resolution, including private arbitration and mediation.
Mr. Anderson’s counseling practice involves all aspects of trademark, copyright, advertising and related commercial and intellectual property matters. He has assisted numerous clients in initiating or deepening their worldwide trademark protection programs and has managed resolution of trademark disputes involving a multitude of non-U.S. jurisdictions. Mr. Anderson also has experience in anticounterfeiting matters, and has interfaced with U.S. Customs and managed enforcement actions before foreign customs authorities.
Mr. Anderson was the recipient of the Emery Law Scholarship and served as managing editor of the Santa Clara Law Review while earning his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. While attending law school, he clerked with the Honorable James R. Grube, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of California. In addition to his law degree, Mr. Anderson holds an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, where he concentrated on strategic planning and finance. As an undergraduate, he attended the University of California at Santa Cruz, majoring in both history and economics, and received his B.A. with honors.
Before attending law school, Mr. Anderson held several marketing management and executive positions with international companies. Between 1992 and 1997, he directed the startup of an international division for a leading U.S. logistics company, opened the company’s first European offices and held responsibility for contract negotiations and agency relationships in over 40 countries.