Tim Toohey is a U.S. Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). His practice is concentrated on complex litigation, intellectual property and privacy and data protection matters. He has extensive experience in all elements of intellectual property counseling and litigation, including trademark, copyright and patent matters. Tim’s experience includes the trial and arbitration of trademark, design patent and copyright infringement matters, as well as licensing and trade secret disputes. He has also been involved in numerous matters involving privacy and data protection, including matters involving federal, state and international laws involving data breach and disclosure of personally identifiable information.
Tim has handled a variety of privacy and data breach matters, including advice regarding the CAN-SPAM Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, cloud computing and social media. He has also advised clients regarding California’s Song-Beverly Act, the California Security Breach Notice provisions and international privacy and security issues, including compliance with European Union (E.U.) data protection and privacy directives. In addition, Tim regularly represents clients in environmental and other cases.
Tim has particular knowledge in brand protection matters, including trade dress, trademark and design patent work. He has been involved in several high profile anti-counterfeiting and infringement cases, particularly for consumer products. Experienced in complex litigation matters, Tim has litigated securities, corporate governance, entertainment industry, unfair competition, right of publicity and other matters in California state and federal courts.
Tim has lectured in the UCLA Department of History, where he teaches courses in United States Constitutional and Legal History.
Representative Experience
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- Representation of retailers in matters involving protection and disclosure of personally identifiable information (“PII”), including advice and counseling regarding California’s Song-Beverly Act and other statutory provisions
- Representation of clients in data protection matters, including litigation matters and advice regarding notification for data breach
- Representation of manufacturer in trademark, trade dress, design patent infringement and brand protection matters relating to knock-offs of footwear products
- Representation of clothing manufacturers in trademark litigation cases
- Representation of motion picture studio and producers in multimillion dollar federal court action involving trademark and copyright issues
- Representation of European television network in trademark and copyright infringement claims against rival network
- Representation of executives in trial involving breach of fiduciary duty and corporate governance issues
- Representation of companies in securities litigation involving United States and European securities and corporate law
- Representation of manufacturer of high-end consumer products in trademark infringement and right-of-publicity cases
- Representation of recording label in breach of contract and fraud action against former manager of prominent performer
- Representation of aerospace manufacturer in environmental and toxic tort matters
- Representation of actuarial and accounting firms in various complex litigation matters
Education
- Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1985)
- Harvard University (Ph.D., Modern European and British History, 1980)
- Oxford University, Wadham College Honours School of Modern History (B.A., 1975)
- Rhodes Scholar (1972)
- Stanford University (B.A., Modern European History, minor in German and literature, honors, 1972)
- Phi Beta Kappa
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- United States District Court, All Districts of California
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of California
- Intellectual Property Law Section
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Section
- American Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Law Section
- Online Data, Transactions & Security Committee
- Science & Technology Law Section
- Intellectual Property Law Section
Representative Presentations & Publications
- The White House and European Union Privacy Proposals: Part II, Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (April 10, 2012)
- The White House and European Union Privacy Proposals: Part I, Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (March 8, 2012)
- Court Holds Song-Beverly Act’s Prohibition on Collecting ZIP Codes Does Not Apply to On-line and Automated Transactions, Author, Snell & Wilmer Legal Alert (January 18, 2012)
- Parallel Imports and the First Sale Doctrine, Co-Author, Daily Journal (November 2011)
- A Summer Update on Developments in Trademarks, Copyrights and IP Licensing, Presenter (June 2011)
- Piety and the Professions: Sir John Coleridge and His Sons, Author, Garland Press (1987)
- Blasphemy in Nineteenth Century England: The Pooley Case and its Background, Author (1987)
Community Involvement
- Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Los Angeles Chapter, Community Outreach Advisory Board
