About Eric J
Eric J. Ball is a certified attorney admitted to practice law in the State of California. He used to be licensed to the California State Bar in 2005. His license is presently in lively status. Mr. Ball is a partner at Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm that specialize in intellectual property and technology law, with workplaces in Mountain View, California. He has been working as an attorney for over 20 years, serving clients across the Silicon Valley region and beyond.
Mr. Ball earned his law degree diploma from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2005. Prior to law program, he finished his undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Rhetoric and Legal Studies in 2001. During his time at UC Berkeley, he developed a robust foundation in legal concepts and crucial wondering, that have been instrumental in his legal career.
Mr. Ball concentrates his practice within the areas of trademark legal proceedings, copyright disputes, and complicated commercial litigation. He advocates for each startups and established companies in things involving trademark enforcement, manufacturer safety, and intellectual estate rights. His practice encompasses all stages of litigation, including preliminary case assessment, discovery, facilitated negotiation, settlement discussions, and trial hearings in both state and federal courts. He has effectively defended and prosecuted multiple trademark litigations and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board hearings, with a specific emphasis on priority disputes and matters asserting opposite confusion.
Throughout his profession, Mr. Ball has treated instances in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has additionally seemed before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on numerous events. Prior to joining Fenwick & West, he labored as an affiliate at a mid-length litigation firm in San Francisco for five years, gaining extensive experience in intellectual property legal proceedings.
Mr. Ball is an active member of the State Bar of California and has been recognized for his contributions to the field of trademark law. He has been honored with JD Supra’s Readers’ Choice Award for his thought management within the trademark space and has been acknowledged by The Legal 500 and World Trademark Review one thousand as a main trademark litigator. He regularly writes and gives talks on IP issues and disputes involving gaming and cellular apps. Mr. Ball is English-speaking and has a working information of Spanish, allowing him to serve a numerous clientele successfully.
