Company posts job description for a California-licensed litigator with IP experience.
I wrote earlier today about one of Michael Gleissner’s firms backing down from its challenge to a trademark application filed by Expensify. Expensify alleged in its response to the trademark objection that Gleissner (and his lawyer) committed fraud to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Gleissner’s firms have been involved in a number of questionable intellectual property disputes and filings. And an intellectual property manager for his company Bigfoot previously claimed on his LinkedIn profile to be involved with “manipulation of TMs and common law marks to achieve UDRP “reverse domain name hijacking”.
Want to join this winning team? Well, here’s your chance if you are admitted to the California bar and are willing to pay your own way to relocate for a contract gig in New York or Hong Kong.
Bigfoot is looking for an “aggressive” litigator, according to a job posting on Indeed.
Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of litigation experience, with a concrete understanding of State and Federal Court procedure, with a preference for intellectual property experience, i.e. copyright and trademarks (TTAB proceedings, infringement, UDRP), entertainment and labor law.
This trademark train apparently has no plan to slow down.
David Michaels says
I don’t know any qualified California admitted trademark attorneys that would relocate to NYC or Hong Kong at their own expense and then travel back to the California for litigation. It seems too improbable.
has2hands says
I am glad you are keeping tabs on these “actors”.
Ron says
As long as they can make money, they know there is no recourse they are not scared, pretty sick world we live in.
onlinedomain says
Winning team?
John Berryhill says
We’re talking about a guy who has an emotional breakdown if his flight is cancelled:
http://ia601908.us.archive.org/22/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.464361/gov.uscourts.nysd.464361.1.0.pdf
Not once, but twice:
http://ia601205.us.archive.org/16/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.450271/gov.uscourts.nysd.450271.1.0.pdf
He has obvious psychological issues.
Andrew Allemann says
@onlinedomain it was sarcasm
John Philpotts says
Having personally handled a trademark dispute with two of Gleissner’s so called legal representatives. I can see why he is looking to recruit. Mr. Natarnicola actually advised me to get a good solicitor, perhaps Mr. Gleissner was copied in on that message.
John says
Well, his NYC office are just “front”. Nobody works there except one lawyer.