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Cooley Secures Preliminary Injunction for City of San Francisco in Airport Trademark Fight

November 13, 2024

Cooley successfully secured a preliminary injunction on behalf of its client, the City of San Francisco, in a trademark infringement lawsuit against the Port of Oakland, prohibiting it from using the name, β€œSan Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.” The Cooley trademark team was led by partners Bobby Ghajar and John Hemann, special counsel Judd Lautner, and associates Ryan Stevens and Jessica Williams. The case is City and County of San Francisco v. City of Oakland and Port of Oakland in the US District Court for the Northern District of California (Case No. 3:24-cv-02311-TSH).

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Bobby Ghajar
Partner, Santa Monica
John H. Hemann
Partner, San Francisco
Judd Lauter
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Ryan Stevens
Associate, San Francisco
Jessica Williams
Associate, Washington, DC

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Freshworks – $1.13 Billion IPO

September 30, 2021

Cooley advised Freshworks, a leading software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, on its $1.1286 billion initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock. Lawyers Jon Avina, Dave Segre, Calise Cheng and Sepideh Mousakhani led the Cooley team advising Freshworks.

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Jon Avina
Partner, Palo Alto
Ferish Patel
Partner, Singapore
Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner, Palo Alto
Noel Ripberger-Scheick
Associate, Palo Alto
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
John T. Stellini
Associate, Palo Alto
Jeramie Perez
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Travis LeBlanc
Partner, Washington, DC
John H. Hemann
Partner, San Francisco
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Jim Fulton
Partner, New York

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