Mr. Niknia represents a wide range of business clients from sole proprietors to large multi-national corporations on a variety of matters including business litigation, transactional, trademarks and copyrights.
Practice areas
Copyrights protect creators of original, creative works, such as paintings, illustrations, novels, musical compositions, videos, and more. Works are generally protected as soon as they take on a permenant physical expression. Our copyright services include: Copyright registration DMCA take-down notices Work-for-hire agreements Copyright Cease & Desist letters Copyright licensing and assignment Copyright rights acquisition Royalty dispute advocacy Copyright litigation
13 years
Trademarks are used by businesses to identify and distinguish their products and services from their competitors. Trademarks can take many forms but typically contain one or more words and can also include designs and logos. Our trademark services include: Trademark application Trademark search and clearance Responding to USPTO office actions Trademark oppositions and cancellations Drafting Statements of Use Drafting Trademark renewals Trademark Cease & Desist letters
13 years
Our firm provides various legal services to businesses, inlcuding contracts, sales agreements, incorporating, legal compliance, employment disputes, brand protection, and more. Our business and litigation services include: Contract review and drafting Corporate and LLC formation Contract disputes and contract litigation Business disputes and business law litigation Employment disputes and employment law litigation Temporary and permanent injunctions Arbitration Mediation
13 years
Contracts are made when two or more people exchange something of value with each other. This can be an agreement to buy something or provide services. Oral agreements are just as enforceable as written ones. But having a written agreement helps reduce ambiguity and promote better understanding of the agreement.
13 years
Trademarks are used by businesses to identify and distinguish their products and services from their competitors. Trademarks can take many forms but typically contain one or more words and can also include designs and logos. Our trademark services include: Trademark application Trademark search and clearance Responding to USPTO office actions Trademark oppositions and cancellations Drafting Statements of Use Drafting Trademark renewals Trademark Cease & Desist letters
13 years
Class actions are lawsuits involving groups of people that have been harmed in the same or very similar ways by the same defendants. The actual damage to the individual plaintiffs may be too small to bring an individual lawsuit, but collectively the defendants have done great harm to many people.
5 years
Languages spoken
Farsi, English, Russian
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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CA | Active | 2008 | 02/09/2021 |
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Super Lawyer | Thomson Reuters | 2018 |
Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2017 |
Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2016 |
Rising Star | SuperLawyers | 2015 |
Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2014 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Principal | Niknia Law Firm | 2013 - Present |
Attorney (of counsel) | Yadegar, Minoofar & Soleymani, LLP | 2009 - 2012 |
Attorney | Jaffari Law Group | 2008 - 2009 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Iranian American Lawyers Association | Member | 2008 - 2010 |
American Bar Association | Member | 2008 - 2009 |
Iranian American Bar Association | Member | 2008 - 2010 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Loyola Law School | JD - Juris Doctor | 2007 |
Univ of California at Los Angeles | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1993 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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CAPS Events | Copyright Registration 101 | 2015 |
CAPS events | Trademark and Copyright law for Comic Book Artists and Writers | 2013 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Evox Productions, LLC vs. CarMax AutoSuperstores, Inc., et al., |
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Somair Alam, Litigation Attorney on Feb 12, 2017
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An exceptional litigation attorney whose reputation speaks for itself. Highly recommended lawyer.
Amy Martinez, Litigation Attorney on Aug 6, 2015
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Sam Tabibian, Copyright application Attorney on May 12, 2015
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I endorse this lawyer. He is my go to lawyer for intellectual property matters.
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Navid Soleymani, Intellectual property Attorney on Jul 14, 2014
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I have had the pleasure of working with, and referring clients to, Mr. Niknia for several years. He is effective, patient, and highly ethical. He places his client's interests above all else. I look forward to working with him in the future.
Michael Akiva, Trademark infringement Attorney on Aug 10, 2013
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I endorse this lawyer.
Peyman Dadmehr, Trademark infringement Attorney on Dec 7, 2012
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Navid Yadegar, Lawsuits and disputes Attorney on Jul 12, 2010
Relationship: Supervised lawyer
I have worked with Bahram for the past couple of year. Bahram is a great listener, a great communicator, a great writer, and an all around great lawyer. Bahram's former business experience allows him to deliver reuslts far beyond his years in practice.