John J. Dabney is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, where he concentrates his practice on intellectual property litigation with a special emphasis on trademark, trade dress and unfair competition litigation, and copyright and false advertising litigation. John represents clients in a variety of industries in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He has been the lead trial counsel in numerous federal court litigations involving intellectual property disputes.
Significant representations have included
- Red Mango Yogurt, Inc. v. Red Mango (CD Cal. 2007)
- AARP v. American Family (M.D. NC 2006)
- Union Pacific v. Mike’s Train House (D. Neb. 2006)
- AARP v. ChoicePoint (M.D. Fla. 2004)
- Nitro Leisure Prods. v. Acushnet Co., 2002 U.S. Dist LEXIS (SD Fla. 2002), affd, 341 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2004)
- V&S Vin & Sprit Aktiebolag, d/b/a The Absolut Co. v. Hanson, 61 U.S.P.Q.2d 1277 (E.D. Va. 2001)
- USGA v. Arroyo Software, 49 U.S.P.Q.2d 1979 (Cal. App. 1999)
- Pebble Beach Co. v. Tour 18 Ltd., 155 F.3d 526 (5th Cir. 1998)
- Resorts of Pinehurst, Inc. v. Pinehurst Nat’l Corp., 148 F.3d 417 (4th Cir. 1998)
- Johnson Publishing Co. v. Willitts Designs Int’l, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9264 (N.D. Ill. 1998)
John is on the faculty of the ALI/ABA Course Litigating Trademark, Domain Name and Unfair Competition Cases. He is a member of the New York State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1996
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1993
