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S&B Prevails on Appeal
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S&B Featured in Newsweek Magazine
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S&B Featured in The Daily Journal
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Federal Judge Commends S&B for High Quality Legal Work
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After Jury Trial, $2.6 Million Judgment for Doctor Fired for Notifying Medicare of Employer's Fraud
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Jury Verdict Entered for S&B Clients
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Eric Schiffer Elected to Temple Beth David Board of Trustees
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Eric Schiffer Successfully Opposes anti-SLAPP Motion by A&E Television Networks in Case Involving Failure to Conceal Client's Identity During Interview on History Channel's "Gangland" Program
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Another Trial Win for S&B and William Buus
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Eric Schiffer Selected as Member of ProVisors Networking Group
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S&B Represents South Dakota-Based Book Publisher in Trademark Infringement Action Involving Works by the Nineteenth Century German Writer Karl May
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S&B Sues A&E Television Networks Over Failure to Conceal Client's Identity During Interview on History Channel's "Gangland" Program
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William Buus Again Selected as a "Super Lawyer" for 2011
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Eric Schiffer Helps Client Successfully Negotiate a Settlement to Avoid a Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
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S&B Obtains a Preliminary Injunction Against a Homeowners Association on Behalf of Aggrieved Residents
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S&B Obtains $10 Million Judgment Against Scamming Real Estate Salesperson
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OC Metro Again Recognizes William Buus as One of OC's Top Attorneys
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S&B Obtains a $86.5 Million Judgment Against Two Lawyers Accused of Securities Fraud
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Another Jury Trial Win for S&B
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Nevada Jury Agrees with S&B's William Buus
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William Buus Again Selected as a "Super Lawyer" for 2010
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Eric Schiffer Elected to Southwestern University School of Law's Alumni Association Board of Trustees
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Rare Ex Parte Order Appointing a Receiver Obtained
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William Buus Received Highest AVVO Rating
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Fox News Spotlights One of William Buus' Cases
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William Buus Featured in OC METRO'S Top Lawyers for 2009
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Eric Schiffer Selected as a Panelist for the Mortgage Bankers Association's Quality Assurance Program
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Dismissal of Texas Patent Case Obtained
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Securities Fraud Case Filed Against Admitted Scammer
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$45 Million Judgment Against Indicted Life Insurance Salesman, James Halstead Entered
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The Laguna Beach Chamber Of Commerce And Civic Association to Form Non-Profit Foundation
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Case Reported In Los Angeles Times
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William Buus Represents Former Members Of The Bay City Rollers In New York Suit Brought Against Arista Records
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Trial Lawyer William L. Buus, Finishes Another Trial
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Client Defended In Texas Federal Patent Infringement Case
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William Buus has been named a 2006 "Rising Star" by Los Angeles Magazine
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S&B Featured in The Daily Journal
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Avoid Lawsuits: Practical Tips
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Intellectual Property Litigation

At Schiffer & Buus, we know the importance of protecting, developing, and maximizing our clients' most important assets: their ideas. Our clients choose us to represent them in their high stakes intellectual property litigation matters because of our effective, efficient approach to defending their rights. Schiffer & Buus handles complex litigation involving patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition. Schiffer & Buus is always mindful of litigation costs, such that our attorneys make every effort to continually balance our clients' potential exposure or recovery against the costs of defense or prosecution in any given case. Our goal is to always make decisions that are in the best economic interests of our clients. Our extensive experience in handling intellectual property matters includes the following:

  • Securing a $2.89 million verdict in a trademark infringement suit;
  • Successfully prevailing in an opposition proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board regarding our client's use of a trademark, resulting in registration of the trademark application;
  • Negotiating a settlement on the eve of trial in a multi-million dollar complex trade dress and trade secret case, resulting in no monetary payment by our client;
  • Reducing the exposure at trial in a trademark/ trade dress case from over $100 million to $7 million.
  • Multiple favorable settlements in the face of liability for patent, copyright, trademark and trade dress infringement cases.