Tax software copyright and trademark infringement damages analysis

BACKGROUND

Juhee Park, Director of Upstream Partners, provided analysis and an assessment of economic damages on behalf of a payroll services company that had developed one of the first software products providing electronic tax and payroll filing services within a specific industry. The company provides several related service products in this industry.

OUR ANALYSIS

The dispute related to infringement of our client’s copyrighted software as well as several of its trademarks. Ms. Park provided an analysis and an expert report on economic damages related to copyright and trademark infringement in addition to claims of  misleading representation, cyberpiracy and unfair competition.

OUTCOME

Ms. Park’s report was pivotal to the case settling favorably for our client.