Mr. Desai is an associate of the firm in the Litigation Practice Group, and a member of the Intellectual Property Team and Cross-Border Team. He counsels clients in the areas of litigation, dispute resolution, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, and technology agreements. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Desai was an e-commerce and CRM business consultant for a “Big 5” consulting firm, and subsequently an eBusiness application architect for a multinational document management company.

Matters representative of Mr. Desai’s practice include:

• Representing a state agency in a multi-million dollar breach of contract lawsuit involving an unsuccessful software implementation
• Representing a drug company in a false advertising lawsuit (Lanham Act) brought against a competitor
• Representing an author in a publishing agreement and copyright dispute
• Obtained favorable settlement for a consumer products company in its lawsuit against a counterfeiter, including an ex parte seizure of counterfeit goods
• Obtained favorable settlement for a national truck dealership in a contract dispute involving the United Nations Convention on International Sale of Goods
• Obtained favorable settlement for courier company in a Lanham Act lawsuit brought against competitor for false advertising and domain name misuse
• Obtained favorable settlement for a marine products company in Lanham Act lawsuit involving trademark infringement through web site meta tags and Google AdWords

• Counseled German software company as to barriers to entry to U.S. market, including analysis of patent landscape
• Drafted agreement protecting healthcare group’s intellectual property as to its participation in a clinical trial
• Drafted agreement for software company to protect its intellectual property and trade secrets when hiring third-party contractors

• The Indus Entrepreneurs, Executive Committee Member
• South Asian Bar Association of Georgia (SABAGA), Board Member
• North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA)
• Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
• International Trademark Association
• IP Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
• Students In Free Enterprise, Alumnus/Judge

• Contributing Author, AGG Competition Law Blog, 2009.

• Moderated an intellectual property law panel entitled, “I Think I ICANN” at the North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA) annual convention held June 25-28, 2009, in Vancouver, B.C.

• Co-author, "Evaluating Claims Key In Infringement Cases," Atlanta Business Chronicle, Philadelphia Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times, February 19-25, 2010.
• “Patents & Copyrights: Not Just For Aryabhatta and Kalidas,” NRI Pulse, June 2008.
• “Is Your Samosa Trademarked?” NRI Pulse, May 2008
• “Big Entertainment Needs a Sequel to the Highly Anticipated Flop: MGM v. Grokster,” 41 Georgia. L. Rev. 579, 2007
• Co-Author, “Grokster, An Inducement Test For Copyright Infringement,” 1 Georgia. J. Tech. L. 15, 2005
• “On Becoming a Legal Eagle,” Khabar Magazine, November 2005

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