Andrew P. Bridges

Andrew Bridges represents innovators and their companies in a wide variety of important matters typically involving new technologies or business models, often when a company's or an entire industry's future is at stake. His practice includes complex litigation and high-stakes business counseling in Internet, copyright, trademark, advertising, unfair competition, consumer protection, and commercial law matters. He is a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs and companies as they seek to develop or promote new products, technologies, or business models in the face of potential legal challenges. In addition, he has advised many of the most dynamic and important Internet and technology companies on their branding and trademark portfolios as well as litigating their rights.

Among his prominent successes are:

• Defending Diamond Multimedia in RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia (challenge to MP3 players)
• Defending Google in Perfect 10 v. Google (Amazon.com) (challenge to search engine)
• Defending MasterCard in Perfect 10 v. VISA and MasterCard (challenge to payment processing for alleged infringers)
• Defending ClearPlay in Huntsman v. Soderbergh (challenge to DVD replay filtering software)
• Enforcing Bare Escentuals' rights against Intelligent Beauty (trademark and false advertising)

A thought leader in cutting-edge fields, he has authored important amicus curiae briefs, including representations of:

• eBay, Facebook, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Yahoo! in Viacom v. YouTube (2d Circuit)
• Digital Media Ass'n in A&M Records v. Napster (9th Circuit)
• Several trade associations in Paramount Pictures v. ReplayTV (C.D. Cal.)
• CCIA and U.S. Internet Industry Ass'n in Elektra v. Barker (S.D.N.Y.)

Among his Honors and Accolades are:

• LA and SF Daily Journal, Top 100 Lawyers in California (2008); Top  100 IP Litigators in California (2008-2012)
• Chambers USA, Band 1 in Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets - California; Chambers Global, Band 2
• World Trademark Review WTR1000, Band 1 in Trademark Litigation - California (1 of 2 lawyers)
• Legal Media Group "Best of the Best" in Trademark Law
• Best Lawyers in America (IP Lit., Copyright, Trademark)
• International Who's Who Legal, Trademark Law and Internet/E-Commerce law

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D. cum laude 1983
• University of Oxford (Merton College), B.A. in philosophy and ancient history, 1980; M.A., 1985
• Stanford University, A.B. in Greek and Latin with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976

Other

• Early Neutral Evaluator, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• Domain Name Arbitrator, World Intellectual Property Organization
• Member of Advisory Board, Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Law Clerk to Hon. Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1983-85)
• Active in numerous organizations, including:

• Trustee, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
• Languages: Modern Greek, French, Italian
• Speaker at numerous legal, business, judicial, and academic conferences