GEORGE BORKOWSKI
Head of IP & Tech Practice, MS&K
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Legal Expertise
-Litigation and counseling practice concentrating in all areas of intellectual property, technology, Internet, wireless technology, trade secrets, defamation, right of publicity, multimedia, entertainment, and complex business litigation in federal and state courts.

Industry Focus
-Technology, Internet, and entertainment companies.

Key Professional Accomplishments
-Member of MS&K Governing Board, and Chair of MS&K Intellectual Property & Technology Practice.
-Acting Director of Litigation, Recording Industry Association of America (November 2000 - April 2001).
-Senior member of litigation team representing the record industry in its copyright infringement suit against Kazaa, Sharman, Music City, and Grokster.
-Senior member of litigation team representing the record company plaintiffs in their copyright infringement suit against Napster.
-Represents wireless telephone and technology companies in numerous areas.
-Successfully represented a major record company in a trademark suit over the song "Barbie Girl" brought by the manufacturer of the Barbie doll, Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc., 28 F. Supp. 2d 1120 (C.D. Cal. 1998)(summary judgment) and 46 U.S.P.Q.2d 1407 (C.D. Cal. 1998)(denial of injunction), aff'd, 296 F.3d 894 (9th Cir. 2002).
-Represents Internet and technology companies in all technology and intellectual property aspects of their businesses.

Court Admissions
-California
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
-USDC, Central, Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California
-Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
-United States Supreme Court

Education
-Harvard University, J.D. 1987, magna cum laude
-State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. 1984, summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa