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Zachary V. Moen

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Zachary V. Moen represents clients in complex business, technology, and intellectual property disputes. He also helps clients select, protect, and enforce their brands and trademark portfolios.

Zak has more than 20 years of experience providing trusted legal counsel to clients at one of the country’s top law firms, as in-house counsel to both international and family-owned businesses, and as founder of a boutique law firm. Zak has successfully represented hundreds of clients (from individuals to startups to growing companies to large international companies) in Chicago, Michigan, and across the country.

Zak has a breadth of litigation and trial experience, with a strong focus on business, technology, and intellectual property matters.  He is known for making complex concepts seem simple and for being strategic, client-centered, and accessible. Zak has achieved exceptional results for clients in a wide range of industries, including clients in the automotive, technology, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. He also serves a non-traditional and innovative client base, including brands, creators, innovators, bloggers, podcasters, and influencers.

Zak also has extensive experience in helping clients select, protect, and monetize their brands and trademark portfolios. He helps clients enforce their trademarks out of court through trademark monitoring, infringement investigations, cease-and-desist demands, online take down notices, domain name disputes, and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceedings.

Clients and colleagues have referred to Zak as a “total star” who “gets it right away” and who they would call “to assist with their most demanding or complex matters.” Opposing counsel and judges routinely recognize his integrity and professionalism, with one senior judge stating on the record that Zak is “the living example of what we should be as attorneys in this profession” — civil, professional, thorough, and represents his clients well.

Education

J.D., magna cum laude, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
B.A., cum laude, Wheaton College

Memberships

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Federal Bar Association

State Bar Licenses

Michigan, Illinois, New York, District of Columbia

Court Admissions

U.S. District Ct., N.D. of Illinois
U.S. District Ct., S.D. of New York
U.S. District Ct., E.D. of New York
U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Michigan
U.S. District Ct., W.D. of Michigan
U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Wisconsin
U.S. District Ct., W.D. of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Organizations

In addition to his legal work, Zak is a professionally trained violinmaker, having apprenticed with one of the top living violinmakers in the world. As a violinmaker, he was honored to serve as a director, officer, and executive committee member of the Violin Society of America.  In addition, Zak has been honored to represent many professional musicians in major orchestras and operas nationwide as well as prominent experts, dealers, makers, collectors, and investors of stringed instruments worldwide.

Experience

  • Successfully resolved complex dispute involving rare violins worth over $30,000,000 after a two-day evidentiary hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
  • Successfully resolved complex trademark infringement and cybersquatting dispute seeking damages in excess of $14,000,000 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
  • Won motion to dismiss approximately $9,000,000 in claimed damages in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of multiple New York and London based violin experts and auction houses in dispute involving the authenticity of a purported Stradivari violin.
  • Prevailed on summary disposition motion eliminating millions of dollars of claims on behalf of multi-national Italian robotics company in contract dispute in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Michigan involving construction of an automotive assembly plant in Detroit.
  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of robotics company founder in lawsuit brought by a former business partner seeking over $5,000,000 in damages in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  • Obtained complete jury trial victory in complex business dispute in the Circuit Court of Oakland County, Michigan in which client was awarded all amounts due plus interest and attorneys’ fees.
  • Successfully resolved complex trademark infringement litigation against a major craft brewery on behalf of craft coffee roasting company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
  • Successfully resolved complex multi-million dollar dispute in arbitration with a UK based supplier on a large automotive project on behalf of multi-national Italian robotics company.
  • Obtained dismissal of lawsuit for lack of personal jurisdiction on behalf of a law school in Pakistan in a case brought by a former faculty member in the Circuit Court of Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  • Obtained judgement on behalf of prominent social media influencer in a complex business and IP dispute in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  • Obtained no cause judgment on eight counts, including breach of contract and fraud claims, brought against world-renowned classic car restoration specialist, and judgment in full on his counterclaims in the Circuit Court of Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  • Obtained judgment for full amount sought plus interest on behalf of investor in breach of contract case in the Circuit Court of Oakland County, Michigan.
  • Successfully resolved complex copyright and trademark infringement litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan on behalf of nonprofit foundation based in New Mexico.
  • Successfully resolved complex copyright and trade dress litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan on behalf of a cabinet hardware company based in New York.
  • Successfully resolved dispute over a rare antique violin valued in excess of $5,000,000 on behalf of investor.
  • Successfully resolved royalty dispute with agent on behalf of heirs of songwriter who wrote hit Elvis Presley song.

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