Mr. Sarabia has twenty years of experience in consumer licensing, trademarks, copyrights and the apparel business. He is familiar with international and domestic licensing including revenue projections, monitoring of licensees, standards of the industry, performance and breaches. He can evaluate licensee and licensor performance under the standards of the industry. He was an expert in licensing for the Vatican Library.
His work on trademarks has encompassed: international and domestic registration, secondary meaning, infringement, dilution, searches, investigations, due diligence, trade dress and counterfeiting in a variety of businesses such as software, food, real estate, concert promotion and apparel.
He has testified about originality, ownership and substantial similarity of copyrights.
He has worked extensively on most facets of the apparel business and can provide expert testimony and analysis about a wide array of matters including contracts, manufacturing (local, abroad), import, export, sales, distribution, factory conditions, apparel copyrights, substantial similarity of apparel lines and protection of designs.
Mr. Sarabia can testify, identify important issues and suggest discovery in his areas of expertise. Areas of expertise are summarized below by category.
International, Domestic Licensing: revenue projections, standards, performance, breach, selection of licensees; Trademarks and Service Marks: registration, application, counterfeiting, litigation, theft, searches, due diligence, analysis, valuation, secondary meaning, dilution, trade dress; Apparel business: contracts, manufacturing (domestic, foreign), import, export, sales, distribution, compliance, theft and protection of designs, trade secrets, similarity of apparel lines. California victim restitution - orders, recovery and enforcement
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: A.B. Occidental College, magna cum laude, 1974
J.D., University of Chicago Law School 1978
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: State Bar of California
Licensed Real Estate Broker
Licensed Priviate Investigator
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: About 25
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Licensing, Trademarks, Apparel
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: About half
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: About half
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 20 - 25
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: April 2004
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 8 - 10 times
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 8 - 10 times
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 10
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, preparation of reports, analysis
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: Please contact me.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: Please contact me.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: One rate for all services.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: One rate for all services.
