Gina Durham > DLA Piper LLP (US) > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
555 MISSION STREET, SUITE 2400
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2933
CALIFORNIA
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Gina Durham
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology; Media, Sport, Gaming and Entertainment; Trademark and Copyright; Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; Corporate; Advertising, Litigation and Disputes; Healthcare
Position
Partner; Deputy Practice Group Leader, Intellectual Property and Technology Group; Chair, US Trademark, Copyright and Media Practice
Career
Gina Durham focuses her practice in the area of trademark, copyright, right of publicity, trade dress, and false advertising. She is an experienced trial attorney and strategist.
Gina represents some of the most well-known companies in the world and has achieved favorable outcomes in consequential matters for clients.
In each matter she handles, she brings to bear her deep understanding of the full life cycle of rights creation, clearance, prosecution, and trends in enforcement and litigation. Gina approaches matters from a global perspective, often coordinating multijurisdictional strategies to advance the interests of her multinational clients primarily in the technology, media and retail sectors.
Gina also has two decades of experience in disputes surrounding questions of proprietary rights on the Internet, having successfully litigated the enforceability of online terms of use, civil claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and Internet crawling disputes.
Memberships
International Trademark Association, service on several committees, including China Anti-Counterfeiting Committee and Internet Committee
Education
J.D., DePaul University; B.A., Northwestern University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Representing trademarks in over 150 countries worldwide, the team at DLA Piper LLP (US)
advises on the management, prosecution and enforcement of the portfolios of major household names across such sectors as food, hospitality, retail, e-commerce, consumer goods, tech and entertainment. The practice is led by global co-practice group leader Mark Fowler in Silicon Valley and IP prosecution expert Gina Durham in San Francisco. At the Washington DC office, Ann Ford
counsels mature and emerging companies on developing and strengthening their brands, and Thomas Zutic specializes in the selection, adoption and use of trademarks. In addition, in Chicago, IP specialist Keith Medansky advises major clients on brand strategy.
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
DLA Piper LLP (US) is a go-to for high-stakes litigation on behalf of blue-chip global clients. Intellectual property and tech co-global head Mark Fowler in Silicon Valley leads the practice, along with US trademark, copyright and media practice chair Gina Durham, who represents clients like Nike and Radisson Hotels in major infringement trials, in San Francisco. Tamar Duvdevani in New York acts for major rights holders across the fashion, media and consumer products sectors. Melissa Reinckens in San Diego brings expertise to false advertising, trademarks and trade dress disputes on behalf of clients in the sports, entertainment, IT, and medical device areas. Associate Marc E. Miller provides support in New York, representing top corporates and emerging businesses.
Lawyer Rankings
- Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) - United States > Intellectual property
- Trademarks: litigation - United States > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Tax > Financial products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance