William Cheever "Will" Rava - Lawyer in Seattle, WA

Will Rava focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation involvingtrademarks, trade dress, domain names, copyrights and trade secrets. He hassuccessfully litigated such disputes in federal courts across the country,before arbitration panels under the UDRP and before the Trademark Trial andAppeal Board. Will also has extensive experience counseling clients in a varietyof industries on intellectual property and brand protection strategies,including securing, policing, investigating and enforcing their rights,investigating and removing from the market counterfeit and other unauthorizedgoods, and investigating related unlawful Internet activities. Such mattersoften involve requests for temporary restraining orders or preliminaryinjunctions, an area in which Will has deep experience. In the last severalyears alone, Will has worked to resolve disputes relating to trademarks,copyrights and trade secrets in the following areas, among others:

Consumer products (including video games, food, books, and nail polish),

Software (including SaaS), and

Industrial and health care products (including natural stone products, wounddressings and AEDs)

Will devotes a significant portion of hispractice to public law, including election and political law and promoting andparticipating in pro bono representations on a wide variety of topics. He hasrepresented numerous campaigns and candidates in recalls, recounts, contests andother election litigation (including the 2000 Washington US Senate recount, the2004 Washington gubernatorial recount and contest, and the 2008 Minnesota USSenate recount and contest) and regularly counsels campaigns, political partiesand political consultants on a variety of compliance issues.

Will alsohas significant experience in corporate governance litigation and specificallyin defending corporations and directors in shareholder derivative actions andresponding to shareholder document requests and related demands.