Jeff Logan, counsel in the Litigation Department, is a business litigator who focuses on intellectual property and entertainment litigation. Jeff litigates copyright, trademark, right of publicity, trade secret, and unfair competition matters, with extensive experience handling royalty litigation, commercial contract disputes, and corporate dissolution and derivative matters. He has represented individual and corporate clients in several states, including trials in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. Jeff’s clients include entertainers, recording artists, producers, publicists, managers, executives, post-production facilities, and other professionals and business entities in the entertainment, multimedia and toy industries.
Experience
- Super Lawyers, Southern California, 2014 - 2021
Pro Bono
- Provides pro bono assistance with hosting and production of an annual charity golf tournament to benefit a nonprofit children's center
Volunteerism
- Committee of 300 of Long Beach, Inc.
- Friends of Colorado Lagoon; Alamitos Beach Cleanup
Jeff advised on the following significant matters*:
- Defended new branding of a television and entertainment network in trademark litigations in federal court and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
- Represented celebrities and their heirs in contract matters and unauthorized use cases involving right of publicity disputes
- Defended a national toy distributor and retailers in trademark and trade dress litigations in multiple states
- Represented prominent recording artists, songwriters, and production companies in royalty audits and contract disputes, in state and federal courts in California, New York, and Tennessee
- Represented songwriters, playwrights, and screenwriters in copyright infringement cases
- Defended a magazine publisher against invasion of privacy claims
- Represented entertainers in disputes with managers, agents, and other professionals
- Represented a consumer electronics retailer in misappropriation of trade secrets litigation against the manufacturer
- Represented shareholders and insiders in corporate dissolution and derivative claims
- Represented a shareholder's heirs in recovering a seven-figure arbitration award under a buy-sell agreement
*Jeff advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1988 University of Texas, B.S., 1983
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
United States Patent & Trademark Office United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit United States District Court, Central District of California United States District Court, Eastern District of California United States District Court, Northern District of California