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Maria Sokova

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Areas of Focus

Overview

Maria Sokova focuses on intellectual property, trade secret, and complex litigation matters, representing clients in a wide range of industries and companies ranging from startups to market leaders. Maria brings a unique combination of legal and real-world experience to her clients, leveraging her IP and technology experience and deep understanding of the business objectives that drive her clients’ legal needs.

Maria has experience representing clients in state and federal courts in technology-related litigation, copyright and Digital Millennium Copyright Act infringement, trade secret and trademark misappropriation, and complex commercial matters. Using her litigation experience, Maria also counsels clients on matters related to technology transactions, IP protection, data privacy, and their terms and policies. She draws on her wide-ranging experience to help clients develop creative, effective solutions that address rapidly emerging issues.

Maria’s pro bono practice includes IP, international policy, and wrongful conviction matters.

Maria graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law, where she served as co-president of the Women & Law Association and president of the Biotechnology Law Group, and she is a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Maria also participated in a clinic with the Northern California Innocence Project on litigation matters in wrongful conviction cases.

Career & Education

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    • University of Puget Sound, B.S., biology, 2012
    • Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2018
    • University of Puget Sound, B.S., biology, 2012
    • Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2018

    • California
    • California

Maria's Insights

Publication | 01.10.24

Jurisdictional Analysis: Hot Topics, Cooling Litigation

Intellectual property has been in the spotlight this past year, from a landmark Copyright Fair Use case in the U.S. Supreme Court, to the more than 100 AI-related lawsuits working their way through the legal system. Despite the publicity surrounding intellectual property, patent litigation filings were down roughly 25 percent in 2023, due in part to a large decline in IP Edge filings, which normally account for hundreds of cases each year. The number of new trademark cases stayed about the same while copyright filings increased slightly....

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Representative Matters

  • Successfully represented a software giant in multiple lawsuits in IP and complex litigation matters involving copyright, DMCA, and contract claims.
  • Represented a social media company in a case regarding unauthorized access to infrastructure and data scraping.
  • Successfully represented a specialty retailer in a highly contentious battle against a large sales platform for multiple IP infringement claims, including design patent and trademark infringement, dilution, false advertising and unfair competition relating to knockoff furniture designs; the platform’s misleading use of registered service marks; and copyright infringement.
  • Defending an innovative technology company in a trademark case involving audio wearables.
  • Successfully represented an award-winning startup that develops ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses in a trademark opposition and litigation proceeding.

Maria's Insights

Publication | 01.10.24

Jurisdictional Analysis: Hot Topics, Cooling Litigation

Intellectual property has been in the spotlight this past year, from a landmark Copyright Fair Use case in the U.S. Supreme Court, to the more than 100 AI-related lawsuits working their way through the legal system. Despite the publicity surrounding intellectual property, patent litigation filings were down roughly 25 percent in 2023, due in part to a large decline in IP Edge filings, which normally account for hundreds of cases each year. The number of new trademark cases stayed about the same while copyright filings increased slightly....

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Practices

Industries

Maria's Insights

Publication | 01.10.24

Jurisdictional Analysis: Hot Topics, Cooling Litigation

Intellectual property has been in the spotlight this past year, from a landmark Copyright Fair Use case in the U.S. Supreme Court, to the more than 100 AI-related lawsuits working their way through the legal system. Despite the publicity surrounding intellectual property, patent litigation filings were down roughly 25 percent in 2023, due in part to a large decline in IP Edge filings, which normally account for hundreds of cases each year. The number of new trademark cases stayed about the same while copyright filings increased slightly....

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