Jason is a Partner at The Sladkus Law Group and is a dedicated brand protection attorney. He has spent his entire career helping clients secure, protect, and enforce their valuable trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property. Jason’s practice focuses on dispute work, from pre-litigation demand letters through all phases of formal litigation. Jason regularly represents clients in federal courts around the country, before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and in Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings. Throughout his career, he has enjoyed working with clients in many different industries including, fashion and apparel, film and entertainment, technology, alcoholic beverages, firearms, construction, home goods, nutritional supplements, hospitality, and many others.

Jason was one of the first graduates of the University of Miami School of Law’s joint J.D./M.M. program. He graduated cum laude and with a Master’s degree in Music Business and Entertainment Industries. Prior to law school, Jason obtained a B.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice and a minor in English from the University of Maryland, where he also graduated cum laude and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Before joining The Sladkus Law Group, Jason worked for IP/entertainment law firms in both Miami and Nashville. He is an Atlanta native, is active in the IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and is a member of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) and the International Trademark Association (INTA).

Representative Experience:

• Anti-Counterfeiting: Regularly works with clients to develop anti-counterfeiting strategies that have resulted in the removal of thousands of counterfeit goods from the stream of commerce;
• Anti-Counterfeiting: Obtained ex parte temporary restraining order and impoundment order for hundreds of counterfeit goods and sales records leading to favorable settlement in case before the Northern District of Georgia;
• Domain Name Disputes/Internet Infringement: Regularly assists clients with cybersquatting issues, removing infringing content from websites, and disabling websites selling counterfeit goods;
• Copyright Litigation: Obtained preliminary injunction for client barring alleged infringer from manufacturing, shipping, selling or displaying allegedly infringing products in case before the Northern District of Georgia;
• Copyright/Trade Secret Litigation: Successfully defended against preliminary injunction sought against client accused of trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement in case before the Southern District of New York;
• Copyright Litigation*: Obtained terminating sanctions and nearly $200,000.00 in attorneys’ fees after proving willful destruction and suppression of evidence and perjury in case before the Southern District of Indiana; (*Work done at prior firm.)