Trademark and Copyright Litigation • Management of IP for musicians, artists, and authors • Representation of technology-based companies in complex litigation

Marina L. Lang, JD, specializes in trademark and copyright law, particularly in the area of litigation.  She has successfully represented large Internet-based companies, including Priceline.com and Hotwire.com.  She has also successfully managed the intellectual property needs of several musicians, artists, and authors.  Ms. Lang has represented large technology-based companies in complex litigation proceedings from initiation to trial, gaining extensive experience in motion practice, oral argument, and trial preparation, both in state and federal court, across the United States.  While in law school, Ms. Lang served on the Executive Board for the Duke Law and Technology Review, a highly regarded intellectual property publication.  She has also published several articles, which have been cited by others as leading intellectual property authority, including: "Different
Strokes: Ninth Circuit Brushes Off City's Attempt to Restrict Street Art", (American Bar Association Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law Committee, October, 2007); "The Legal Smack Down on Music Sampling: Is the Age of Hip Hop Over?" (American Bar Association Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law Committee, July 2006); "What, if any, Are the Ethical Obligations of the U.S. Patent Office?: A Closer Look at the Biological Sampling of Indigenous Groups," (Duke Law & Technology Review, May, 2006).

Member, Symbus Law Group, 2010 - present.

Bar Memberships: California, Northern, Southern, and Central Districts of California.

Education: J.D., cum laude, Duke University, M.P.P., Duke University, BA, magna cum laude, University of Southern California.

mlang@symbus.com