Houst, Henry E.

Mr. Horace has 20 years of experience handling complex commercial disputes and advising clients on myriad intellectual property issues.  His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, prosecution and counseling, with special emphasis on trademark, trade dress, advertising and unfair competition issues.  Mr. Horace has successfully prosecuted, defended and favorably resolved numerous cases involving claims of infringement, trade secret theft, deceptive trade practices and contractual disputes, including numerous injunction actions.

In addition, Mr. Horace develops and conducts intellectual property training programs, and advises clients regarding advertising, trade regulation and consumer protection issues and investigations.

Highlights:

• Obtained jury verdict for a national department store retailer against competitor's unfair competition claims.
• Successfully defended multi-million dollar trademark, trade dress and design patent injunction claims for major international footwear retailer.
• Obtained court order denying injunction sought in trade secret and infringement action, effectively resolving the dispute in client's favor.
• Obtained favorable judgment in defense of multi-million dollar deceptive advertising case for major national retailer.
• Successfully defended multi-million dollar injunction actions, confirming rights of national retailer to build department stores over competitor's and developer's objections.
• Successfully compelled the abandonment or transfer of infringing marks and domain names.