Joseph C. Daniels

Intellectual Property & Unfair Competition

• Represented numerous businesses and individuals in patent, trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property disputes.
• Protected the brand of a 60-year-old Colorado real estate company in a trademark infringement lawsuit, resulting in a $4 million award for the client.
• Successfully represented photojournalist in copyright dispute against movie producer and distributor.
• Obtained favorable settlement for Florida-based entity in trademark infringement lawsuit involving online and Google-based advertising.
• Successfully defended California-based company in trademark infringement lawsuit seeking over $20 million in damages.
• Obtained injunctive relief for a Colorado-based business after its trade secrets had been misappropriated.

Business Tort Litigation

• Represented numerous businesses and individuals in fraud, tortious interference, negligent misrepresentation, and other business tort disputes.
• Obtained multi-million judgment in favor of a Colorado-based private equity group in connection with fraud and breach of contract claims relating to acquisition of a company.
• Awarded $13 million by an arbitration panel for a small Philadelphia-based technology company against one of the largest information technology companies in the world.
• Obtained favorable global settlement in overlapping lawsuits involving fraud, unjust enrichment, and estate issues.
• Obtained a favorable settlement on the eve of an arbitration hearing for a Colorado-based wireless company against its wireless technology supplier for claims of breach of contract, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation.
• Represented oil and gas company in connection with fraud, tortious interference, and breach of contract claims.

Financial Services Litigation

• Obtained an $11.5 million summary judgment for the servicer of a private lending group against a Colorado commercial real estate developer.
• Successfully obtained summary judgment for a Colorado bank dismissing a Colorado special district’s improper effort to impose and foreclose a $5.4 million “tap fee” lien on 301 undeveloped residential lots that the bank acquired through foreclosure.
• Received partial summary judgment for an electric generation and transmission association in breach of contract dispute involving long-term requirement contracts.

Corporate Dispute Litigation

• Obtained complete defense verdict in favor of an electric generation and transmission company after week-long jury trial for claims of breach of contract involving long-term requirements contracts.
• Received partial summary judgment for an electric generation and transmission association in breach of contract dispute involving long-term all requirement contracts.
• Represented investment fund involving corporate management and control issues between former business partners.