Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP


John P. D'Amato John P. D'Amato Quinn Emanuel 865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor Los Angeles California 90017 work(213) 443 3000 johndamato@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard Los Angeles Office Tel: 213-443-3000 Fax: 213-443-3100 johndamato@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Class Action Litigation Securities Litigation Antitrust and Trade Regulation Employment Litigation and Counseling Intellectual Property Litigation Education Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1989) Boston College Law Review: Managing Editor, 1988-1989 Georgetown University (B.A., cum laude, 1985) Publications and Lectures Comment, "Statistical Evidence of a Manifest Imbalance in a Traditionally Segregated Job Category Can Protect a Voluntary Affirmative Action Plan from a Title VII Challenge: Johnson v. Transportation Agency," 30 B.C.L. Rev. 271 (1988) "Selected Developments in Massachusetts Corporate Law," 30 B.C.L. Rev. 748 (1989) Admissions Member, The State Bar of California	Send to a friend Biography John D'Amato is a partner in Quinn Emanuel's Los Angeles office. He has been with the firm for more than 20 years. Mr. D'Amato specializes in complex business litigation, particularly in areas of intellectual property and unfair competition law including trade secret. trademark, trade dress, patent, copyright, and false advertising disputes. Representative Clients Mattel, Inc. TCW Lockheed Corp. General Motors Delphi Automotive Hughes Aircraft Company World Market Center Notable Representations Represented TCW in highly publicized dispute with former Chief Investment Officer; helped obtain verdicts of trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duty and interference with contract against former officer. Obtained defense verdict in favor of American manufacturing company accused of breach of contract involving technology transfer arrangements with Chinese Government. Obtained favorable settlements of multiple trademark disputes between owners of two well-established brands in which both companies' continued right to use their primary brand name was at issue. The case settled after successful motion practice approximately one year after the firm was engaged. The parties had litigated for more than eight years prior to the firm's involvement. Obtained partial summary judgment in large scale trade secret case involving sophisticated flight simulators and associated software delivered to the U.S. Air Force and various foreign governments. Successfully briefed extremely novel application of Lanham Act to trade secret dispute between General Motors and Volkswagen. Obtained summary judgment in a pair of cases brought against Freddie Mac by large mortgage lenders who each claimed more than $100 Million in breach of contract losses. Second chair in three-month jury trial resulting in a defense verdict on behalf of major defense contractor in action brought over sale of computer software subsidiary.