Ian C. Ballon

lan Ballon represents clients in IP, technology and internet-related litigation, including copyright, DMCA, CDA, trademark, trade secret and right of publicity cases and the defense of privacy, security and behavioral advertising class action suits. Mr. Bailon is also the author of the leading treatise on Internet law, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise with Forms 2d edition, the 4-volume set published by Thomson West (www.lanBallon.net). In addition, he is the author of The Complete CANSPAM Act Handbook (West 2008) and The Complete State Security Breach Notification Compliance Handbook (West 2009). He also serves as Executive Director of Stanford Law School's Center fore-Commerce, which hosts Stanford's annual e-Commerce Best Practices Conference.

Mr. Bailon, who practices in both Silicon Valley and LA, has brought or defended novel suits involving computer software, user generated content, rights in the cloud and in social media, links, frames, sponsored links, privacy and security, database protection, screen scraping and content aggregation, user interfaces, digital music, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, rights of privacy and publicity, the enforceability of Internet Terms of Use and Privacy Policies and preemption under the CDA. A list of recent cases may be found at www.GTLaw.com/People/lanCBallon.

Mr. Bailon was named the Lawyer of the Year for information technology law in the 2013 edition of Best Lawyers in America. In addition, he was the 2010 recipient of the State Bar of California IP Section's Vanguard Award and named new media lawyer of the year in 2012 by the Century City Bar Association. He is listed in Legal 500 U.S. , The Best Lawyers in America (in the areas of information technology and intellectual property) and Chambers and Partners USA Guide in the areas of privacy and data security and information technology. He also has been recognized by The Daily Journal as one of the Top 75 IP litigators and Top 100 lawyers in California and is regularly listed as both a top Northern California and Southern California litigator. Mr. Bailon also holds the CIPP certificate for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (lAPP).