Gazal Pour-Moezzi

Gazal Pour-Moezzi is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's Orange County office.

Areas of Practice

Gazal works with clients to develop, protect and enforce brands. She works with clients across numerous industries, including tech, food and beverage, healthcare, and consumer products, and advises some of the world’s leading brands on trademark acquisition, protection and enforcement in the U.S. and abroad. She manages worldwide trademark portfolios and strategizes with clients regarding how best to establish and grow their portfolios.

Gazal also has a robust litigation practice, litigating trademark infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition claims under the Lanham Act and state laws. Gazal’s notable successes include a unanimous decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in the trademark infringement case, Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank, 574 U.S. 418 (2015). Gazal also has obtained significant monetary awards on behalf of her clients, including trebled damages and recovery of attorneys’ fees under the Lanham Act’s “exceptional” standard.

In addition to federal litigation, Gazal also prosecutes and defends trademarks before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and arbitrates domestic and international Internet domain name disputes.

Experience

Representative Successes:

• CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Selleck Chemicals LLC, Case No. 4:24-cv-01167 (S.D. Tex) Represented Plaintiff, CyDex Pharmaceuticals, in connection with trademark counterfeiting and trademark infringement claims. Case settled favorably for client.
• The Mochi Ice Cream Company, LLC dba My/Mochi v. Yasso, Inc., Case No. 2:23-cv-02754 (C.D. Cal) Represented Plaintiff, My/Mochi, in connection with trade dress and trademark infringement claims. Case settled favorably for client.
• Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Case No. 4:19-cv-6593 (N.D. Cal) Represented Plaintiff, Edwards Lifesciences, in connection with trademark infringement and false advertising claims. Case settled favorably for client.
• Roth Licensing LLC v. Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics, Inc., Case No. 2:15-cv-2375 (E.D.N.Y.) Obtained $16 million arbitration award on behalf of client against Dentsply International for willful trademark infringement.
• I-MAB Corporation v. IMAB (TTAB Opposition) Represented client in opposing registration of identical third party mark. Case settled favorably for client and resulted in withdrawal of disputed application.
• Roth Licensing LLC v. Dentsply Sirona Inc. (TTAB Cancellation) Represented client in connection with defending against a cancellation proceeding filed against client’s mark. Cancellation denied with prejudice.

Honors

Southern California Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2018-2022

Articles

Entertainment Law Blog Posts

• "Trademark Modernization Act Strengthens Rights of Brand Owners," February 22, 2021

Intellectual Property Law Blog Posts

• "Divided 9th Circuit Says District Court Has Power to Adjudicate TM Applications," April 19, 2024

• "Second Circuit Finds Art Collective Can’t Use First Amendment to Skate Out of Injunction," December 7, 2023

• "Trademark Modernization Act Strengthens Rights of Trademark Owners," February 2, 2021

• "Supreme Court Update – Hana Financial v. Hana Bank," February 4, 2015

Trade Secrets Law Blog Posts

• "Federal Circuit Deems Algorithm Potentially Valid Trade Secret Notwithstanding Prior Publication," February 28, 2022

• "A 'Culture Of Concealment' – Scrutinizing Overbroad NDAs," February 12, 2021

Media Mentions

Events

Memberships

Articles Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 2011-2012

Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 2010-2011

Digital Media