Sevag Demirjian is a Partner at Foundation Law Group LLP.
Sevag specializes in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and IP litigation. He brings over 17 years of legal experience having worked at law firms, governmental organizations and as in-house counsel for private corporations. He is a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Prior to joining Foundation Law Group, Sevag worked for Viacom and the Disney-ABC Television Group, handling intellectual property matters and licensing agreements for their cable networks. He went on to work at a litigation firm in Century City, where he represented California’s largest school districts and private corporations in multi-million dollar litigation and labor issues. Sevag then joined a boutique Intellectual Property law firm in Westlake Village, working on patent, trademark and copyright matters. He specialized in patent and trademark prosecution, and IP litigation. In 2013, Sevag joined Foundation Law Group, LLP, specializing in helping start-ups nationwide with their Intellectual Property, technology, and contractual issues, as well as aggressively litigating their intellectual property matters and business disputes.
Sevag is licensed before all California courts, the United States District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the California bar, the Armenian Bar Association, the LA County Bar and the San Fernando Valley Bar. He has published numerous trademark articles in Valley Lawyer Magazine. Sevag has been named a Rising Star since 2015 and a Super Lawyer in 2022 by Super Lawyers magazine. He has successfully prosecuted over 850 trademarks worldwide.
Sevag’s recent notable court cases include:
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- Filing numerous lawsuits in Federal Court to enforce his client’s rights against infringing users.
- Successfully defended his client’s right to continue use of their trademark against a large multinational corporation that had accused them of infringement.
- Represented an independent artist against a major record label. His oral arguments in front of the 9th Circuit Appeals Court resulted in his client’s canceled trademark registration being reinstated.
- Successfully defended his client’s right to continue using their trademark by filing a declaratory relief action after receiving a cease and desist letter.
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Sevag received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in New York. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside.