Daniel Zhang is an associate at Irwin IP and serves in the intellectual property litigation group, focusing his practice on patent litigation.Daniel has worked on a variety of intellectual property matters, including design patent litigation, patent licensing breach of contract litigation, trademark litigation, and copyright litigation. Daniel’s involvement in cases involves substantial motion practice ranging from motions to dismiss, discovery motions, summary judgment motions, depositions, and ITC trial experience. Daniel also has experience resolving litigation matters quickly, efficiently, and favorably for his clients. Prior to his work at Irwin IP, Daniel graduated from the University of Miami School of Law magna cum laude, and obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemical Biology, with a minor in music, from the College of Chemistry in the University of California, Berkeley.
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Daniel has worked on a variety of intellectual property matters, including design patent litigation, patent licensing breach of contract litigation, trademark litigation, and copyright litigation. Daniel’s involvement in cases involves substantial motion practice ranging from motions to dismiss, discovery motions, and summary judgment motions. Daniel’s experience also includes inventor depositions in patent cases and ITC trial experience.
Some of those matters include:
Illinois
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Volunteer Attorney, Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Member, Asian American Bar Association
Member, Overture Council
Before joining Irwin IP, Daniel worked for a boutique intellectual property law firm in Miami, Florida, where he worked on patent and trademark prosecution and trademark litigation matters. While attending law school, Daniel represented various clients in trademark and patent matters with the University of Miami’s Startup Practicum, which included managing client intellectual property portfolios, filing trademark and patent applications, and counseling clients on how best to approach building their business by protecting their intellectual property.
As a student at the University of Miami, Daniel served as a member of the University’s Intellectual Property Law Society. Additionally, Daniel received the John Cyril Malloy Intellectual Property Law Endowment Memorial Scholarship and the Kevin A. Dorse Scholarship due to his continuing interest and work in intellectual property. He also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Professional Responsibility and the Dean’s Certificate of Achievement Award for Constitutional Law. He graduated from the University of Miami magna cum laude.
Prior to law school, Daniel earned his undergraduate degree in Chemical Biology from the College of Chemistry in the University of California, Berkeley. During that time, Daniel focused on cancer research and became a named author on a variety of cancer research publications:
University of Miami, School of Law, 2020 (Magna Cum Laude)
Dean’s Certificate Award for Constitutional Law
Cali Excellence for the Future Award in: Professional Responsibility (2018), Statistics for Lawyers (2018)
University of California, Berkeley, B.S. in Chemical Biology, 2016
Minor in Music
Illinois
USPTO
Design Patent Schedule A? More Like Schedule Nay. , Floatsup, LLC v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations identified in Schedule A, No. 24-cv-06736 (N.D. Ill. November 14, 2024)
District Court Injects Six Errors into Four-Factor Preliminary Injunction Test , Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow, Co. Ltd., 2024-1137 (Fed. Cir. June 17, 2024)
L’Oreal Gets Trade Secrets Case Out of its Hair When Judge Chops Case for Litigation Misconduct , Metricolor LLC v. L’Oreal USA, Inc., 18-cv-00364 (C.D. Cal. March 29, 2024)
Allegedly Infringing Product Continues to be on Clinical Trial RaDaRs , Rs Natera, Inc. v. NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., 23-cv-00629 (M.D.N.C. 2023)
“[It’s All Good, Man],” Says S.D.N.Y. to AMC , Jth Tax LLC d/b/a Liberty Tax v. AMC Networks Inc., 22-cv-06526 (S.D.N.Y. 2023)
WallStreetBets Gets Owned . . . By Reddit, Jaime Rogozinski v. Reddit, Inc., 23-cv-00686-MMC (N.D. Cal. 2023)
Federal Circuit Cooks District Court’s Decision to Add Bacon-Prep Inventor, HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation, No. 22–1696 (Fed. Cir. May. 3, 2023)
American Purchasers Poke Holes in Swiss Cheese Certification, Interprofession du Gruyere v. US Dairy Exp. Council, No. 22–1041 (Fourth Cir. Mar. 3, 2023)
Expert Methodology Critical in Denial of Preliminary Injunction, Hangzhou Chic Intel. Tech. Co. v. Gyroor, No. 20-cv-04806 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 12, 2022)
CAFC Affirms PTAB’s Invalidity Decision Vacated Under Arthex I and Reinstated By Arthex II, Despite Joint Request To Dismiss Proceeding, Polaris Innovations Ltd. v. Brent, 2019-1483 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 15, 2022)
Court Slashes Punitive Damages Stemming from Third-Party Infringement Accusations, Leaves Compensatory Damages Untouched, Atturo Tire Corp. v. Toyo Tire Corp., No. 14-cv-0206 (N.D. Ill. May 10, 2022)
First Sale Doctrine Applies to Component Parts Manufactured by Licensed Third Parties., Bluetooth Sig Inc. v. FCA US LLC, No. 21-35561 (9th Cir. April 6, 2022)
Publicly Available Information Does Not Bar Trade Secret Injunction, Masimo Corp. v. True Wearables, Inc., 2021-2146 (Fed. Cir. January 24, 2022)
Alice Still Decimating “Groundbreaking” Developments, Cardionet, LLC v. Infobionic, Inc., 2020-2123, 2020-2150 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 29, 2021) & USADATA Inc., v. DataWidget LLC, cv-21-00526 (D. Ariz. November 2, 2021)
PTAB’s Institutions of IPRs Found Immune from Arbitration, In re: Maxpower Semiconductor, Inc., No. 2021-146 (Fed. Cir. September 8, 2021)
Federal Circuit Cracks Down on PTAB Twice in One Week for Blindsiding Patent Owners, Oren Tech., LLC, v. Proppant Express Inv. LLC, 2019-1778 (Fed. Cir. July 23, 2021) Qualcomm Inc. v. Intel Corp., 2020-1589 (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2021)
Cookinpellets.com and Pretzel Crisps Make Bids for Acquired Distinctiveness, Judges Find Facts Undercooked, Snyders Lance, Inc. v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 2021 WL 2322931 (W.D.N.C. June 7, 2021) In re GJ & AM, Serial No. 86858003 (TTAB June 8, 2021)
Apple Tacks on Win for its Trademark Portfolio at TTAB, Charles Bertini v. Apple, Inc., Opposition No. 91229891 (TTAB April 16, 2021)
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