Karin Pagnanelli Email & Phone Number

Karin Pagnanelli is a Chair of Intellectual Property Practice Group at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP.

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  Chair Of Intellectual Property Practice Group; Governing Board Member; Partner

  Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp Llp

  2000 - Present

  Karin is consistently recognized by Chambers, Best Lawyers in America, World Intellectual Property Review, World Trademark Review, Managing IP, Legal 500, The Recorder, Los Angeles Business Journal, Daily Journal, Profiles in Diversity Journal, Super Lawyers, and BTI Consulting Group. Karin Pagnanelli is an experienced litigator who focuses on intellectual property and commercial business disputes.LITIGATION SUCCESSES:-Lead counsel in video game addiction cases pending in Federal Courts around the U.S.-Lead counsel for social casino litigations pending in Federal Courts and arbitrations pending in the U.S.-Lead counsel for Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in a copyright infringement action against mobile game developers, Lilith Games and uCool. Judge ruled in our client's favor.-Represented Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. against Bossland which resulted in a motion for default judgment in the plaintiff's favor awarding our client $8.5 million in statutory damages. - Lead counsel for Sony Music in a trademark infringement lawsuit against the label and members of the British pop group One Direction brought by an American group with the same name.- Represented Activision Blizzard in contract and fraud lawsuit brought by Axl Rose.- Lead counsel in the successful representation of Take 2 Interactive and Rockstar Games in a trademark infringement lawsuit alleging “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” infringes a Los Angeles business establishment.- Obtained summary judgment in favor of Activision in trademark lawsuit involving the popular video game “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.” - Obtained $7 million judgment on behalf of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. against the maker of a popular software “bot” that enabled users to cheat in the video game “World of Warcraft.”- Obtained summary judgment in favor of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. on copyright and right of publicity claims arising from a set of recordings used to voice a “World of Warcraft”