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Patrick Soon focuses his practice on intellectual property law and
related litigation. He is experienced in assisting clients with their
trademark portfolios including counseling on trademark availability, selection, enforcement, and
handling all aspects of trademark prosecution including resolving inter­parties proceedings before the
U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
In addition to trademark matters, Mr. Soon also advises on copyright ability of client materials, has
obtained copyright registrations on behalf of his clients, and handles related intellectual property
business matters such as preparing assignments, licenses, and confidentiality agreements.
Prior to joining WHGC, Mr. Soon worked as an Associate for the boutique intellectual property law
firm of Goodman Mooney, L.L.P. based in Irvine, California. There he served a range of artists,
athletes, and corporations regarding their copyright, trademark, and patent portfolios in transactional
and civil litigation matters. Later, he assisted in a confidential litigation project at the Google
headquarters in Silicon Valley related to their electronic discovery matters as an Attorney for the
Adecco Group for Google.
Mr. Soon obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Life Sciences with a Minor in English Literature
from the University of British Columbia from his native Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Juris Doctor
from Whittier Law School.
While in law school, Mr. Soon earned a Dean's Citation Medal, was awarded the CALI Award for
Excellence in Intellectual Property Litigation, and received a Fellowship in Intellectual Property Law.
He was also a staff editor of the Whittier Law Review, a national competing member of the Moot
Court Honors Board, and President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. Mr.
Soon complemented his intellectual property law education with time spent in Beijing at Tsinghua
University as part of the Chinese Intellectual Property Summer Institute.
Outside his work at WHGC, Mr. Soon volunteers his time for the American Bar Association as an
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editor on the Section of Litigation's Technology for the Litigator Committee. The committee is
dedicated to helping litigators benefit from technology in both their practices and their everyday lives
spanning topics such as discovery, social media, mobile applications, and cloud storage. He also
serves as the technology columnist for ALIST Magazine, the publishing arm of the National
Association of Asian American Professionals.
Mr. Soon has co­authored three columns that have reached the #1 spot on Inside Counsel's Most
Popular Articles list: "9 Famous Figures Whom You Might Not Have Known Were Attorneys,"
published on November 20, 2014, "8 Great Websites that Attorneys Absolutely Must Know About!"
published on July 10, 2014, and "Looking at 11 Useful Mobile Apps that Attorneys May Have Never
Heard of," published on June 10, 2014.
In April, 2014, Mr. Soon made a guest appearance on KUCI's radio program, The Docket, hosted by
Evan Simon. The entire 30­minute program focused on another of Mr. Soon's co­authored articles,
"Driverless Technology and the Issue of Liability: Who's Responsible?"
Mr. Soon has a Superb Avvo Rating
Areas of Practice
Intellectual Property
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Business Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Intellectual Property Prosecution
Intellectual Property Transactions and Business Licensing
International Law
Litigation & Appeals
Bar Admissions
California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
Education
Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California
J.D.
Honors: Dean's Citation Award
Honors: Intellectual Property Fellow
Honors: Law Review
Honors: Moot Court
Honors: Awarded the CALI Award for Excellence in Intellectual Property Litigation
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
B.S.
Major: Life Sciences
Minor: English Literature
Published Works
Bird diapers, helmet parachutes and tricycle lawnmowers: 10 strange and unusual patents , Inside
Counsel, Mar. 4, 2015
How Facebook can still be an attorney’s ‘best friend forever’ , Inside Counsel, Dec. 19, 2014
9 famous figures whom you might not have known were attorneys , Inside Counsel, Nov. 20, 2014
Silver, Garlic and Attorney's Fees: How Judges May Increasingly Employ Fee­Shifting to Ward Off
So­Called "Patent Trolls" , Orange County Lawyer, October, 2014
The Top 4 Advantages of Trade Secret Protection , Inside Counsel, Sept. 18, 2014

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Trademark Squatting in China: What Every American Business Should Know, Inside Counsel,
Sept. 4
Top 5 Technology Pitfalls for Attorneys to Avoid, Inside Counsel, Aug. 8, 2014
8 Great Websites that Attorneys Absolutely Must Know About, Inside Counsel, July 14, 2014
Eleven Great Free Mobile Apps for Attorneys That Were Not Designed for Attorneys, Orange
County Lawyer, July, 2014
Looking at 11 Useful Mobile Apps that Attorneys May Have Never Heard Of, Inside Counsel, June
10, 2014
Prince and the Copyright Revolution (Part Three), Inside Counsel, May 27, 2014
Prince and the Copyright Revolution (Part Two), Inside Counsel, May 13, 2014
Prince and the Copyright Revolution (Part One), Inside Counsel, April 29, 2014
The Internet of Things and the Issue of Intellectual Property Rights (Part Two), Inside Counsel,
Apr. 15, 2014
The Internet of Things and the Issue of Intellectual Property Rights (Part One), Inside Counsel,
Mar. 28, 2014
Driverless Technology and the Issue of Liability: Who's Responsible?, Inside Counsel, Mar. 14,
2014
Warning! Wearing Google Glass May Cause Legal Headaches (Part Two), Inside Counsel, Feb.
28, 2014
Warning! Wearing Google Glass May Cause Legal Headaches (Part One), Inside Counsel, Feb.
14, 2014
Caution Before You Crowdfund! (Part Two), Inside Counsel, Jan. 31, 2014
Caution Before You Crowdfund! (Part One), Inside Counsel, Jan. 17, 2014
Top Five Free Android Apps for Intellectual Property Litigators, American Bar Association, Section
of Litigation, July 24, 2013
The Magic of Reverse Image Searches, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Feb. 12,
2013
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
Orange County Patent Law Association
Orange County Bar Association
Orange County Asian American Bar Association
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
Goodman Mooney, LLP, Irvine, California, Associate Attorney
Adecco Group for Google, Mountain View, California
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Cantonese Chinese
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China's Economic Roadmap
If you want to know China's priorities and how they
might impact your doing business in China, there is no
better place to look than China's current Five Year Plan
(the 12th such plan). That plan sets out the six
economic priorities discussed in this article
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Bird diapers, helmet parachutes and tricycle
lawnmowers: 10 strange and unusual patents
Over the years, WHGC has come across some very
strange and unusual patents while conducting
research, so we thought it might be fun to share with
you those we found most interesting. These patents are
real and the accompanying drawings have not been
altered in any way.
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China, WHGC serves clients in Los Angeles and Orange County, and throughout California, the United States
and the world.
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