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Michael Jeffers Hoisington
- San Diego, CA
- Licensed
- Free consultation
About Michael
Practice areas
- Intellectual property: 90%
Trademark prosecution and litigation, copyright prosecution and litigation, patent litigation, domain name litigation (UDRP). The most significant aspect of my practice is trademark related work, comprising about 80% of my practice.
18 years
- Entertainment: 10%
Contract negotiation, general entertainmment industry counselling and Intellectual property, including trademark and copyright advice. I work with musicians, artists, photographers, and the TV and film industry.
18 years
Resume
| State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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| CA | Active | 1999 | 03/27/2017 |
| Legal answers | 3 |
| Legal guides | 0 |
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| Attorney | Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP | 2001 - Present |
| Attorney | Presseisen & Reidelbach, PC | 1999 - 2000 |
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| San Diego Entertainment & Sports Lawyers | Board member/secretary | 2011 - Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American Bar Association | Member | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State Bar of California | Member | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego County Bar Association | Member | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Trademark Association | Member | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego Songwriters Guild | Member | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced Reading Solutions v. VRVV | Defendant's registered US trademark cancelled. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Publication name | Title | Date |
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| San Diego Business Journal | Using U.S. Customs To Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights | 2004 |
| San Diego Business Journal | Coming To America: The Madrid Protocol | 2002 |
| San Diego Business Journal | A Perfect Domain Name Is Withing A Business's Reach | 2001 |
| San Diego Business Journal | Celebrities Sue Over Unauthorized Use Of Identity | 2001 |
| School name | Major | Degree | Graduated |
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| California Western School of Law | Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 1998 |
| University of California - San Diego | N/A | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1994 |
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| San Diego Music Thing | Trademark protection in the music industry | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Business Of Social Media | Social Media | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lawyers, Guns & Money | Protecting trademarks in the music industry | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gray Market Goods | Preventing Import of Gray Market Goods Into the U.S. | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego Music & Technology Conference | Remixes, Production, Distribution & the Law | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Park Music Thing | Lawyers, Guns & Money - trademark protection in the music industry | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attorney endorsements
(6)
Valerie Nemeth, Intellectual property Attorney
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Michael is a client-service oriented professional who I recommend highly for all areas of trademark practice, copyrights and related fields. His background as a professional musician gives him unique insight into the particulars of this type of representation.
John Rodriguez, Immigration Attorney
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Michael is an excellent attorney and a very likable person. He is extremely knowledgeable and well respected among his peers and friends in the entertainment business, espeically when it comes to intellectual property law. I strongly endorse Michael and recommend him to anyone looking for a well known and respected attorney.
Cost
- Hourly Rates $325/hour
- Free consultations 30 minutesSome lawyers offer a free consultation to help determine whether their services are right for your legal needs
- Offers fixed fee-services SometimesFixed-fee are legal services performed for a preset rate, rather than on an hourly basis.
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Contact
401 West A Street Suite 2600
San Diego, CA, 92101
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