David Hosp is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of its Intellectual Property Group. His practice focuses on trademark, trade secret, copyright, false advertising and licensing disputes. Mr. Hosp has handled numerous lawsuits in federal and state courts nationwide. He also has significant experience practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s arbitration board and the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau. In addition, Mr. Hosp works closely with the firm’s Intellectual Property and Private Equity groups, helping to counsel clients on general corporate matters involving intellectual property and the Internet.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Hosp is a member of the International Trademark Association, and the Internet and Trademark Sections of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Hosp is the author of a chapter entitled “Weighing The Risks: A Practical Guide To Comparative Advertising” in the practice manual Advertising and Marketing Litigation Best Practices (Aspatore Books, 2007). He has been a faculty lecturer at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s Intellectual Property Conferences, and has co-authored a chapter of the course materials entitled “Life After ICANN and the Anticybersquatting Act: Defining ‘Bad Faith’ in Cyberspace.” Mr. Hosp also co-presented a program entitled “Linking, Liability and the World Wide Web” to the Boston Bar Association in February 2000 and lectured and presented materials at the Boston Bar Association’s “Intellectual Property, Year 2000 in Review” program.
In addition, Mr. Hosp is the author of “Anticybersquatting Provisions Signed Into Law” in the Goodwin Procter E-Commerce Alert (December 1999) and the co-author of two articles published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel: “Trademark Plaintiffs Must Promptly Seek to Enjoin Infringers” (September 1995) and “Privilege Afforded Inside Counsel Communications Limited” (March 1996).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Hosp was an associate in the Litigation Department at Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts in New York, where his practice included intellectual property, general business and securities litigation.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Hosp is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third and Sixth Circuits. He has also practiced in numerous state and federal court around the country on a pro hac basis.
RECOGNITION
While at George Washington University Law Center, Mr. Hosp was a member of the George Washington University Law Review.