Jonathan D. Jay, a founding shareholder of LJP, has successfully represented businesses and individual clients in litigation matters within federal and state courts throughout the United States and abroad. Jonathan's current practice focuses on complex litigation and trials primarily involving intellectual property matters. His specialties include disputes arising from patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade dress and the Internet. His sizeable litigation caseload has included lawsuits in specialty areas such as electrical engineering, fire litigation, biotechnology, Internet-related liabilities and insurance and reinsurance law.

Prior to LJP, Jonathan was a partner at Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, a Minneapolis-based intellectual property law firm. He has also practiced with Minneapolis law firms Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly and Zelle & Larson.

Jonathan graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He received his law degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, graduating with honors. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Association and the Hennepin County Bar Association. He has been recognized by Minnesota Law and Politics magazine as one of Minnesota's "Rising Stars" within the legal profession.

Source Food Technology, Inc.

Lead responsibility in Minnesota federal court for defense representation of USF&G in property insurance coverage dispute over the meaning of “direct physical loss” in business interruption coverage provision relating to “mad cow” losses. Case result: Case initially dismissed on summary judgment by district court; policyholder appeal to 8th Circuit, then reversed; motion for Panel Rehearing granted by 8th Circuit; original grant of summary judgment re-instated by 8th Circuit. See, Source Food Technology v. USF&G, 465 F.3d 834 (8th Cir. 2006) (Reported as Feature Article in Insurance Litigation Reporter, Vol. 28, No. 21, December 2006).

LSO, Ltd.

Lead responsibility for defense representation of California company that pioneered tour and travel packages for “adult swingers” in trademark case. Case result: Following month-long jury trial in Orange County, California, defense verdict in favor of client and award of compensatory and punitive damages in favor of client.

Carpad, Inc.

Lead responsibility for defense representation of multi-national retailer in patent, trademark and trade dress lawsuit in Nevada federal court. Case result: Prevailed on summary judgment motions to dismiss patent and trade dress claims; prevailed on motions for sanctions awards against opponent for discovery violations; case tried to jury—defense verdict in favor of retailer. Case appealed to Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed all decisions before the trial court in per curiam decision. See, Carpad, Inc. et al. v. Brookstone Company, Inc., 2006 WL 2883100 (C. A. Fed. 2006).

Centennial Molding, Inc.

Lead responsibility for defense of Minnesota company involved in patent infringement litigation. Case result: Two favorable summary judgment rulings, followed by settlement of case. See, Centennial Molding, Inc. v. Ron Carlson et al., 2006 WL 346324 (D. Neb. 2006), 401 F. Supp. 985 (D. Neb. 2006)  

Shakopee Village Homes, Inc.

Lead responsibility for defense representation of insurance company in property litigation dispute over coverage for damage to roof in storm. Case result: Case dismissed on summary judgment; thereafter, moved for sanctions award against opposing counsel for filing frivolous claims—motion granted by the court.

Henschke v. Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut

Lead counsel for Travelers in insurance coverage suit filed in Minnesota state court regarding alleged property loss under homeowner’s insurance policy.  The Court agreed that the Policy Exclusion for “continuous leakage of water over a period of time” precluded coverage and granted Summary Judgment in favor of Travelers on this basis, disposing of the case.

B-50.com

Lead responsibility for representation of large Minnesota company in patent infringement cases venued in Texas federal court.  The patented technology involved a method for viewing and generating custom sales reports using a centralized computing device and the Internet.  Opposing law firm in Texas case was Andrews Kurth.  Following two-year period of discovery, claim construction and extensive Markman briefing, obtained very favorable summary judgment ruling from Texas federal court.  Case then settled on terms very favorable to the client.

Waterous

Lead responsibility for defense representation of insurance company in property litigation dispute over coverage for damage to industrial castings, where issue was whether liability was excluded under “faulty workmanship” exclusion. Case result: Summary judgment granted in favor of carrier.

British Insurance Company of Cayman.

Lead responsibility for defense representation of reinsurer in declaratory judgment in New Jersey Federal Court. Case Result: Following intensive investigation and presentation of proofs on Cross Motions for Summary Judgment, court ruled in favor of defense and dismissed case.

Artic Re.

Lead representation of reinsurer in coverage dispute with Cedant, venued in California Federal Court.  Case Result:  Following investigation and presentation of proof in support of summary judgment motion, court dismissed case.

J.L. Kelly.

Representation of reinsurer in dispute over commissions, venued in Wisconsin Federal Court.  Responsible for taking depositions and briefing motion to dismiss before Judge Shabaz (“the rocket docket”).  Case Result:  Motion granted, case dismissed.

EMS.

First chair defense representation of major property and casualty insurance carrier in week-long jury trial involving claims of breach of contract. Case Result: Directed verdict for defense.

Twin City Die Castings.

First chair representation of major property and casualty insurance carrier in week-long court trial involving claims of bad faith and breach of contract. Case Result: Verdict for defense.

Primewood.

Lead responsibility for defense representation of Minnesota company sued in multi-million dollar case in North Dakota Federal Court for breach of contract and bad faith. Case Result: Summary judgment in favor of defense, resulting in complete dismissal of case.

Green Lake State Bank.

Lead responsibility for defense representation of Minnesota company involved in commercial litigation matter. Representation included taking and defending depositions and preparing and arguing summary judgment motions. Case Result: Summary judgment in favor of client, resulting in dismissal of case.

Bridgestone/Firestone.

Opposite Cozen & O’Connor, representation of Fortune 500 company (tire manufacturer) in multi-million dollar commercial insurance litigation dispute (venued in Texas State Court) following substantial property losses in Liberia, West Africa. Lead responsibility for coordination and taking of depositions, investigation and other factual discovery, under The Hague Convention procedures and in Europe and Africa. Case Result: Very favorable settlement recovery for client.

Axness.

First chair defense representation of major property and casualty insurance carrier in two-week long jury trial involving claims of fraud, bad faith and breach of contract. Case Result:  Verdict for defense.

Tekonix.

Opposite Merchant & Gould, lead responsibility for conducting factual depositions and discovery in defense of patent infringement lawsuit arising from domestic manufacture and international distribution of electronic tire testing technology.

Dianichi Shoji.

Lead responsibility for representation of wafer carrier manufacturer in unfair competition litigation arising from Japanese distributor’s unlawful manufacture and distribution of wafer carriers in Asia Pacific regions and other international territories. Conducted investigation and discovery in Japan including development of factual evidence supporting claims of unfair competition and theft of trade secrets.

Interlake Papers, Inc.

Lead responsibility for defense of major Fortune 500 company in defense of trademark infringement claims, venued in New York. Case Result: Quick settlement on very favorable terms.

Shepherd Management Group, Inc.

Lead responsibility for representation of billion dollar privately-held manufacturer sued in Georgia Federal Court for trademark infringement, copyright infringement and related claims.  Case Result: Prevailed on all seven discovery related motions brought against opponent, case settled on favorable terms.

RMS Datapoint International.

Adverse to billion dollar multi-national corporation, lead responsibility for defense of Florida-based computer company sued for trademark infringement and unfair competition in lawsuit venued in New York Federal Court. Case Result: following initial investigation and discovery, quick settlement on very favorable terms.

Range Printing.

Opposite Dorsey & Whitney, lead responsibility for defense of Minnesota-based printing company accused of unfair competition and other business torts. Case Result: Following first round of depositions and discovery, case settled on very favorable terms.

Pak Mail.

Lead responsibility for defense of Denver franchisee in trademark infringement lawsuit, venued in Colorado Federal Court. Case involved intensive investigation and fact gathering to present evidence needed for injunctive relief hearing. Following presentation of evidence to opponents, case immediately settled for a fraction of what was originally demanded.

Consolidated Papers, Inc.

Lead responsibility for representation of Finnish corporation (Fortune 500 company) in multi-million dollar commercial litigation dispute arising from complex purchase agreement involving sale and divestiture of paper processing and manufacturing facilities, including taking and defending dozens of fact and expert depositions, numerous court appearances and final trial preparation. Case Result: Near one million dollar (favorable) settlement recovery for client.

Galyans.

Ongoing lead counsel representation of national sporting goods retailer sued in Federal Court in Maryland for trademark infringement and related claims by global company located in Europe. Case result: Settlement on very favorable terms.

Seashell Technology LLC.

Opposite Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, lead responsibility for representation of San Diego based biotechnology company in patent-related lawsuit arising from conflicting claims of ownership to bio-medical labeling technology involving submicroscopic plasmon resonance particles, venued in San Diego Federal Court and San Diego State Court. Case Result: Following successful verdict on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment in San Diego State Court (federal action previously dismissed), recovery of multi-million dollar settlement on client’s behalf.

Olson.

Lead responsibility for defense representation of Wisconsin insurance company accused of breach of contract, fraud and bad faith. Case Result: Following extensive discovery and depositions, summary judgment granted in favor of defense; dismissal upheld by Wisconsin Court of Appeals.