PRACTICE AREAS AND INDUSTRIES SERVED
Louis Bonham has extensive experience in advising architects, designers, builders, and developers in architectural copyright matters and in litigating architectural copyright cases. He has experience in financial, oilfield, semiconductor, telecommunication, and software industries.
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Bonham is recognized as one of the leading attorneys in the country in the field of architectural copyright law. His practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation with particular emphasis on architectural copyright law, bankruptcy and fraudulent conveyance litigation and appellate litigation. Mr. Bonham litigates patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret cases, as well as many other general business disputes. He frequently speaks on copyright and intellectual property law to industry groups such as the National Association of Home Builders, the American Institute of Architects, and the American Institute of Building Design and the American Society of Media Photographers. He is a guest lecturer on architectural copyright law at the University of Texas School of Architecture, and has presented lectures on United States intellectual property litigation to industry and trade groups in Japan, Taiwan, and China. He has been interviewed as a commentator on copyright law by major media outlets such as Bloomberg, Agency France Presse, the National Law Journal, and USA Today. Previously, Mr. Bonham was a law clerk to Judge Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. While attending the University of Texas, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
- "AV Rated", Martindale Hubbell
appearances
- "Federal Circuit Follows Volkswagen", Bloomberg Law, December 2008
- "Warner Music to Remove Video, Songs from YouTube", Bloomberg Law, December 2008
- "Jackson Browne Sues McCain for ‘Running on Empty' Ad", Bloomberg Law, November 2008
- "MGM Wins Ruling Over ‘Pink Panther' Movie Profits", Bloomberg Law, July 2008
- "Fifth Circuit Reexamines Venue Rules (In re:Volkswagen)", Bloomberg Law, June 2008
PUBLICATIONS
- "Forest Group v. Bon Tool Company: Increased Liability for Improper Patent Marking" (2010)
- Co-author, "MedImmune, Inc. v. GenenTech, Inc.: ‘The World Turned Upside Down,'" Corporate Counsel Review, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, (November, 2007)
- "Unenumerated Rights Clauses in State Constitutions," 63 Tex.L.Rev. 1321 (1985)
EDUCATION
- J.D., with honors, University of Texas School of Law (1986)
- B.A., high honors, Plan II Honors Program, University of Texas (1983)
admissions
- State Bar of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
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