Olivier Taillieu is a co-founder of Zuber & Taillieu and currently sits on its Management Committee.  Mr. Taillieu’s practice consists exclusively of litigation, where he has excelled as a trial attorney. Mr. Taillieu’s expertise includes intellectual property and other commercial litigation.  Mr. Taillieu’s expertise also extends to cases involving unfair competition, unfair business practices, copyrights, class actions, entertainment, and breach of contract.

Mr. Taillieu has extensive experience in both state and federal courts and has achieved outstanding results for his clients. His litigation expertise makes him a much sought-after guest on high-profile national and international television shows, including Good Morning America, Nightline, NBC Nightly News, The O’Reilly Factor, and many others. Mr. Taillieu began his career clerking for the Honorable Lourdes G. Baird in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and then for the Honorable A. Wallace Tashima on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then practiced as a litigator in the Intellectual Property and Technology Department of the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

Notable Representations

• A telecommunication company, in a multi-forum dispute in connection with certain agreements entered into for the sale of an InterLATA business in local service areas (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming);
• A futures commissions merchant, in a litigation relating to the loss by an investment firm of over $250M of customer funds in a sophisticated Ponzi-like scheme.  Claims include professional liability against our client’s auditors, as well as against various individuals for negligent misrepresentation and fraud;
• An independent federal agency, in connections with various investigations of claims against officers, directors, and third parties responsible for the failure of banks located in California, Arizona, and Kansas;
• A national restaurant chain, in connection with the investigation and resolution of a racketeering and fraudulent kick-back schemes organized and perpetrated by a coalition of produce vendors;
• A technology company, in the largest Section 337 investigation before the U.S.I.T.C. at the time involving several patents relating to interactive program guides used in cable television set-top boxes;
• A technology company, in a series of related patent infringement and antitrust actions involving interactive program guides used in cable television set-top boxes;
• A manufacturer, in a high-stakes trademark infringement suit involving household-name trademarks, including successful defense of client through summary judgment to bring about a favorable settlement after almost ten years of litigation in Federal Court;
• A manufacturer, in a battle over household-name trademarks at the U.S.P.T.O.;
• A footwear designer and manufacturer, in a trademark infringement action involving the configuration of stripes on footwear;
• A film laboratory, in a patent infringement case involving injection molding machines for duplication of CDs; and
• A beauty product retailer and manufacturer, in a trademark infringement case involving Antitrust Counterclaims.

Representative Publications

• “Fair Use of Copyrighted Material in U.S. Film Production,” China IP Magazine (July / August 2008)

• “Intellectual Property Protection of Animation Derivative Products in the U.S.” China IP Magazine (September / October 2009)

Professional Honors and Activities

• Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• Editorial Board, The Trademark Reporter® – International Trademark Association
• Co-Chair, ABA Litigation Section, Committee on Corporate Counsel, Billing and Budgeting Sub-Committee
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, California State Bar, Litigation Section
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association