Zuber & Taillieu

Tom Zuber is a co-founder of Zuber & Taillieu, and specializes in intellectual property litigation, protection and exploitation. Mr. Zuber has extensive experience with all types of intellectual property matters, including especially those relating to patent, trade secret, and trademark. He has lent his expertise to matters relating to a broad spectrum of technologies and subject matters, including genetically engineered food products, invasive medical devices, photoelectrochemical devices, cosmetics, household appliances, electronics, computer hardware, computer software, toys, video games, financial market systems, and online business methods.

Legal services are often considered a necessary evil—friction slowing down the gears of commerce. Our view is more constructive. We are our clients' partners, and our legal services are a component in the creation of their widgets and services. We are in the business of protecting, enforcing and exploiting the ideas from which our clients' end products and services grow."
- Tom Zuber

Tom Zuber actively engages in pro bono work through Zuber & Taillieu, and in other philanthropic causes outside the office.  For instance, he performs legal work for the ImpACTA Kids Foundation, which provides opportunities for children in the areas of education, health, and athletics; and for The World Justice Project, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization engaged in projects to advance the rule of law around the world.  During his spare time, he sits on the Regional Board of Directors of UNICEF, the world’s leading advocate for children.

Mr. Zuber began his legal career in the Intellectual Property Department of the New York City office of White & Case, LLP, and then practiced in the Intellectual Property Department of the Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers, LLP prior to co-founding Zuber & Taillieu.

Representative Interviews

• “LawLoop Debuts at LegalTech, dtSearch and Gwabbit Under Cover,” Corporate Counsel (January 2012).
• “Lawloop.com takes law firm management to the cloud,” CNNMoney (January 2012).
• “Managing Partner’s Entrepreneurial Enthusiasm Inspires Excitement In Recruits,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (June 29, 2009) (Cover Story).

Representative Publications

• “Registering and Enforcing a Foreign Trademark in the U.S.,” China IP Magazine (Mar-Apr 2009 3-4, Issue 29).
• “Everlasting Fame: Recent Legislation Has Clarified the Descendible Right of Publicity for Personalities Who Died Prior to 1985,” Los Angeles Lawyer (May 2009: 29-34) (Cover Story).
• “Patent Protection for Processes: How Dippin’ Dots may make it more difficult to secure process patents after prior sales,” Entrepreneurship 3e. Eds. Bruce Barringer and R. Duane Ireland.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2009. 392-392.