David McDaniel

David specializes in litigating copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property matters. His practice also includes litigation of general commercial disputes, construction disputes, and insurance coverage matters.

David has represented a diverse array of corporate and individual clients across a wide variety of business segments, including alternative energy, automotive, biotechnology, consulting, consumer goods, entertainment, finance, publishing, and software, in arbitration proceedings and in federal and state courts throughout the country. He also represents clients in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings. First and foremost, David is a champion of his client’s needs with the goal of solving their immediate problems and poising them for success in the future.

• Branhaven, LLC v. Neogen Corporation, W.D. Mich. Case No. 18-00329
• Freeway Drive Investments, LLC v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co., 2017 WL 6452232 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 18, 2017)
• Merrifield Machinery Solutions, Inc. v. JCM Engineering Corp., 2017 WL 2294289 (E.D. Mich. May 25, 2017)
• Mapal, Inc. v. Atarsia, 2016 WL 67603 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 6, 2016)
• Mapal, Inc. v. Atarsia, 2015 WL 7717185 (E.D. Mich. Nov 30, 2015)
• Humantech, Inc. v. Ergonomics Plus, Inc., 2015 WL 1492224 (E.D. Mich. March 31, 2015)
• Gomba Music, Inc. v. Avant, 62 F Supp. 3d 632 (E.D. Mich. 2014)
• Humantech, Inc. v. Caterpillar, Inc., 2012 WL 6214371 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 13, 2012)
• Humantech, Inc. v. Caterpillar, Inc., 2012 WL 3888149 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 7, 2012)
• Dice Corporation v. Bold Technologies, 913 F. Supp. 2d. 389 (E.D. Mich. 2012)

• “Congress Ushers in a New Era of Federal Trade Secret Law With the Passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016,” Res lpsa Loquitur, a publication of the Washtenaw County Bar Association (September/October 2016)
• “The 2011 Michigan Supreme Court MERS Decision and its Impact on the Validity of Foreclosures Initiated by MERS,” Legal Lines, a publication of Community Legal Resources (2011)