Jeff Knowles is a trial lawyer practicing complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property matters. Jeff has also served as a mediator and early neutral evaluator for the federal court in the Northern District of California since 2019, and he is periodically retained by parties to serve as a mediator in intellectual property litigation. He also acts as a settlement neutral for the Marin County Superior Court.
Jeff has represented clients in a broad array of industries, from Internet technology to consumer products and real estate. He has specific expertise in copyright, trademark, trade secret, Lanham Act, and other unfair competition cases, with deep experience in music-related litigation. Jeff obtained one of the first (and perhaps the first) injunctions under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act in Henry Schein Inc. v. Cook 191 F. Supp. 3d 1072 (N. D. Cal. 2016).
Jeff also has deep experience in the music industry. He was co-lead counsel to the music publisher plaintiffs in the groundbreaking Napster case, in which the plaintiffs secured and successfully defended on appeal an injunction prohibiting the defendant from facilitating the unauthorized internet distribution of their copyrighted works. See A&M Records, Inc., et al. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001). He has also represented the major record labels in anti-piracy and other litigation, including in Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. v. Radionomy (N.D. Cal. 2016), an action against one of the world’s largest webcasters for failure to obtain statutory licenses. Jeff has represented numerous recording artists and performing rights organizations, including BMI. He currently represents SoundExchange, the collective rights management organization that collects and distributes royalties for non-interactive digital audio transmissions.
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Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bio
Jeff Knowles is a trial lawyer practicing complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property matters. Jeff has also served as a mediator and early neutral evaluator for the federal court in the Northern District of California since 2019, and he is periodically retained by parties to serve as a mediator in intellectual property litigation. He also acts as a settlement neutral for the Marin County Superior Court.
Jeff has represented clients in a broad array of industries, from Internet technology to consumer products and real estate. He has specific expertise in copyright, trademark, trade secret, Lanham Act, and other unfair competition cases, with deep experience in music-related litigation. Jeff obtained one of the first (and perhaps the first) injunctions under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act in Henry Schein Inc. v. Cook 191 F. Supp. 3d 1072 (N. D. Cal. 2016).
Jeff also has deep experience in the music industry. He was co-lead counsel to the music publisher plaintiffs in the groundbreaking Napster case, in which the plaintiffs secured and successfully defended on appeal an injunction prohibiting the defendant from facilitating the unauthorized internet distribution of their copyrighted works. See A&M Records, Inc., et al. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001). He has also represented the major record labels in anti-piracy and other litigation, including in Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. v. Radionomy (N.D. Cal. 2016), an action against one of the world’s largest webcasters for failure to obtain statutory licenses. Jeff has represented numerous recording artists and performing rights organizations, including BMI. He currently represents SoundExchange, the collective rights management organization that collects and distributes royalties for non-interactive digital audio transmissions.
