Fred H. Perkins

Intellectual Property Counsel

• Negotiated numerous IP licensing and other agreements with National Hockey League, Minor League Baseball, Google, Yahoo, Fox, CBS, Sun Media and various other media and entertainment entities.
• Represents a New York City college of art and design, a firm client for 30 years, in all of its IP work.
• Represents a radio syndication content company that syndicates radio content and provides radio advertising.
• Represented a sports news information provider for over 20 years.
• Represents a writer and producer of well-known children’s shows. Negotiated deals with major television networks, tv and film production studios and theatrical producers.
• Represents a maternity clothing brand, which is also in the maternity blogosphere, in trademark and IP disputes.
• Represents a client that produces HVAC pumps for residential and commercial housing in trademark and patent disputes.
• Represents a startup in the haircare business, advising them about various labeling issues.
• Represents employers and employees in various industries, including financial services, regarding counseling and negotiating employment and severance agreements as well as confidentiality and other restrictive covenants.
• Represents publishers, authors, artists and companies regarding protection and infringement of copyrights.
• Has served as general outside counsel for 20+ years for content and media syndication companies and e-commerce web business involved in purchase and sale of used cars.
• Represents several European high-tech bio pharma companies regarding licensing and development agreements with manufacturers and hospitals in the U.S.
• Represents companies and individuals seeking trademark advice, including selecting a trademark, processing their trademark applications, and representing and advising on trademark portfolios.
• Represents companies, including in the financial services area, in copyright, trade secret, and software disputes regarding the protectability of their software.
• Represents international fashion retail brands in IP matters in the U.S.
• Represents advertising companies with respect to protecting their intellectual property.
• Represents individuals in the entertainment space on various development, option and licensing agreements.

Litigation

• Successfully prosecuted and defended numerous trademark claims and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
• Represented an international leather wallet and accessories manufacturer in a litigated trademark dispute with a well-known pop entertainer.
• Represents a consumer services company in a trade secret and copyright software dispute.
• Represented several foreign clothing manufacturers in trademark and copyright litigations and ADA disputes.
• Represents various clients in IP litigation related to trade secrets and confidential information, including high-tech manufacturers and consumer services companies.
• Represents companies in M&A litigation involving breaches of representations and warranties and misstated or fraudulently represented financial information.
• Represents employers and employees in various industries, including financial services, in trial and arbitration.
• Represents luxury brands and domestic manufacturers in regulatory labeling disputes.
• Represented a talent manager in a dispute with a pop entertainer.
• Successfully tried a fraud claim against a public company on behalf of one of its subsidiary's former executives; obtained an award of substantial damages and all of client's attorneys' fees.
• Representing dozens of defrauded EB5 immigrant investors in fraud and breach of fiduciary claims.
• Successfully tried an M&A dispute on behalf of a purchaser in a complex acquisition for breach of representations and warranties; obtained a multi-million-dollar damage award.
• Successfully tried an IP and unfair competition dispute between competing securities firms; obtained a multi-million-dollar damage award.
• Obtained preliminary injunctions on behalf of various clients protecting their IP rights and enjoining infringement.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of major electronic publisher dismissing various copyright claims.
• Recovered infringing internet domains from cybersquatters on behalf of several clients through numerous ICANN arbitrations and other proceedings.

Mediation (as a Mediator)

• Successfully mediated several high-tech software disputes.
• Resolved several IP disputes, including trademark and copyright claims among luxury retailers.
• Successfully mediated numerous employment termination and discrimination matters
• Resolved various contract and commercials disputes.
• Successfully mediated a high-profile defamation matter.

• Member, Southern District of New York Panel of Certified Mediators
• Member, INTA
• American Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association

Hofstra University School of Law

• Editor-in-Chief, Hofstra Law Review
• Citation of Excellence for Conflicts of Law

• Fred has been quoted in national publications regarding IP matters.
• Co-Author, Client Alert: "Morrison Cohen Cyber Watch: Navigating the Cyber Landscape Safely, Part One: The Marks of a Trademark Scam," April 1, 2024.
• Author, Client Alert: “Recent New York Federal Court Decision Confirms Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to Various Commercial Consumer-Oriented Websites as Places of 'Public Accommodation,'" March 26, 2018.
• Author, "What's Old is New in Web Site Protection: A New Look at the 'Look and Feel' Doctrine," New York Law Journal Intellectual Property Section, Jan. 20, 2009.
• Author, "Better Late than Never: The John Anderson Cases and the Constitutionality of Filing Deadline," 11 Hofstra L. Rev. 691 (1983).