Todd M. Malynn Email & Phone Number

Todd M. Malynn is an experienced trial attorney who has been practicing intellectual property law for over twenty five years. He litigates cases involving patent, trademark and copyright infringement, false advertising, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition and covenants not to compete. He has also defended clients under the Medical Device Regulation Act (or Medical Device Amendments of 1976). Mr. Malynn received the largest jury verdict in California ($3.2B) in 2011 in a case involving misappropriation of trade secrets. He was also part of the team that received the largest jury verdict for a patent infringement action in California in 2014. Mr. Malynn routinely brings actions to protect his clients' intellectual property. He has obtained orders against a common carrier for importing counterfeit goods from China and against Internet sites for selling infringing products. He has worked with leading market research experts in New York and California. Mr. Malynn has defended large advertising campaigns from claims of false advertising, including actions brought by the Federal Trade Commission as well as private class action lawsuits. He has handled matters before self-regulatory bodies, such as the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureaus and the National Advertising Review Board. Mr. Malynn has developed expertise in connection with representing employers in connection with covenants not to compete, which are enforceable in jurisdictions such as Minnesota and Florida, but void in other jurisdictions such as California. He has represented clients before the California Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in multi-jurisdictional cases involving covenants not to compete. Mr. Malynn has also developed expertise in connection with representing manufacturers of Class III medical devices. He has numerous reported decisions enforcing federal preemption under the Medical Device Amendments of 1976.

Listed skills include Patent Litigation, Trademarks, Copyright Law, Trade Secrets, and 1 others.