Jonathan C. Balfus
Senior Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney
Jonathan C. Balfus is a veteran litigator with an emphasis in complex business and intellectual property. Mr. Balfus has extensive experience handling copyright, trademark, fair use, trade dress, new media, domain name and URL disputes and rights of publicity matters all over the country. Mr. Balfus received his Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law in 1988‚ and his bachelor of arts in English from New York University in 1985. Mr. Balfus is a member of the California and New York State Bars. He has counseled individual, small business and large corporate clients regarding the strategic use and licensing of all forms of intellectual property. For several years, Mr. Balfus represented Clear Channel Communications in a series of successful infringement actions over the expansion of national radio brands in California, New York, Illinois, Florida, Ohio, Georgia, Nevada and Texas.
For a representative list of litigation matters‚ please see our Intellectual Property Litigation page. To contact Mr. Balfus, please complete a contact form.
Bar Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals‚ Ninth Circuit
State of California (all courts)
Education
New York University School of Law‚ J.D. 1988
New York University‚ B.A. cum laude, English 1985
Professional Associations
Intellectual Property Trial Lawyers Association
California State Bar
State Bar of New York
Intellectual Property Section‚ State Bar of California
Beverly Hills Bar Association
