Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Art Beeman focuses his practice on complex intellectual property litigation and commercial disputes. He has significant national trial experience, representing clients in the communications, Internet, software, semiconductor, and medical device industries, including a number of Fortune 500 companies, in courtrooms in New York; Boston; Chicago; Portland, Oregon; San Francisco; Cleveland; Minneapolis; Billings, Montana; and Lexington, Kentucky. Art has tried more than 30 cases to jury verdict.

Art has been recognized as one of the nation's leading intellectual property lawyers. In 2008, the Daily Journal named him among California's "Top Ten Patent Lawyers" in its first-ever listing of the state's top intellectual property lawyers. In 2002, Art won a jury verdict for the inventor in Gaus v. Conair, which was listed by The National Law Journal as one of the top ten jury verdicts that year. In addition, he has been named in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America. Art was recognized in the 2008-2009 edition of Cambridge Who's Who Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs as a lifetime member.

Art's recent matters include:

• obtained an $8.5 million verdict in a patent infringement and Lanham Act jury trial on behalf of Internet college admissions company; in subsequent bench trial, obtained findings of willful violations of the Lanham Act by the defendant, exceptional case, and the court awarded client attorneys' fees and costs

• successfully represented an inventor in a patent infringement jury trial that resulted in a $47 million verdict in his client's favor

• successfully represented a patentee and inventor of GPS technology in an arbitration of a license dispute

• obtained a defense jury verdict for a construction machinery manufacturer in a patent infringement case

• won a $10 million jury verdict for a consumer products manufacturer in a contract dispute

• won a jury verdict for an artificial sports surface manufacturer in a case involving fraud and breach of contract claims

• obtained a jury verdict for a battery manufacturer in a patent infringement case

• won a permanent injunction for a Fortune 100 medical devices manufacturer in a patent infringement lawsuit and

• won a judgment from an arbitrator in a trackage rights dispute on behalf of a major railroad.

Art is a member of the World Affairs Council, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the International Trademark Association, and The International Association of Entertainment Lawyers.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Litigation
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Trial Practice
• Commercial Disputes
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• International Arbitration

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Copyrights, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Arbitration, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patents, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• California
• Kentucky
• Ohio

Education

• Northwestern University

Published Works

• INTERNET LAW - Jury Decision in CollegeNET, Inc. v. XAP Corporation Expands Application of the Lanham Act to Internet Companies, 2008
• Juries and Patent Cases: Effective Presentation of the Inventor's Case to the Jury, IP Litigator, 2006

Address

555 California Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5873 / 1.650.739.3939 (Silicon Valley) (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.415.963.6871 / 1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com