Scott Raymond Austin

My Practice: I can’t believe how lucky I am. At VLP we’ve managed to have the best of both worlds. You know that in any big organization, you’ll have a mix: a small percentage of stars, a large mass of solid performers, and a percentage who maybe should be in a different line of work. We’ve cherry-picked the stars from elite law firms, but haven’t taken on the staggering big firm overhead. The result is I get to work with only the best, and our sane operating cost allows both you and us to do well financially. Our clients couldn’t be happier, and neither could I. My Experience: Board Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law by the Florida Bar. 40 years successfully representing Fortune 500 clients in disputes and transactions involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and information technology. Resolving domain name abuses, content spoofing and phishing, copyright infringements, website defamation and other technology disputes, arbitrating claims involving domain registrants in the U.S., China, Japan, Korea and Europe (member, Panel of Neutrals, Forum, WIPO, ICANN PICDRP Standing Panel). Advanced tech-trans negotiation and litigation, brand portfolio protection, management and licensing, including open source software. Practice Goals: To protect client interests online, minimize exposure to litigation and resolve disputes privately, effectively and efficiently; to help clients monetize and realize the economic utility of their inventions, brands and creative works. Bar and Court Admissions: U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida Florida: All State Courts Representative matters: Patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright litigation; TTAB Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings; DMCA content takedowns; UDRP cybersquatting disputes; Removal of defamatory online content; TOS, TOU, Privacy Policy, COPPA compliance.