David S. Welkowitz

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David S. Welkowitz

Professor Emeritus Whittier College School of Law

Professor Welkowitz joined the Whittier faculty in 1983. Prior to that time, he practiced law as a litigation associate with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York. At Whittier, he has taught numerous courses, to first-years and upper-level students alike. His primary teaching emphases have been Civil Procedure and intellectual property, particularly Trademark law. He has also created more than a dozen lessons for the Center for Automated Legal Instruction (CALI) in Civil Procedure, Trademarks, and Copyright. He was a CALI Fellow in Trademarks in 2003 and a CALI Fellow in Copyright in 2004. From 2006-2009, he served as the Director of the Whittier Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law. His scholarship has ranged from topics in Civil Procedure to various intellectual property issues, both domestic and international. He is the author of a treatise on Trademark Dilution law and a co-author of a casebook on Rights of Publicity. His articles have been cited by courts, treatise writers in both Civil Procedure and Trademarks, and numerous articles.

CALI Lessons

This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title	CALI Topic(s)	Published in	Latest update	Runs Past 30 Days	Runs Past 120 Days
Class Action Basics	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	November 5, 2020	54	149
Copyright Formalities: Notice and Registration	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Copyright Entertainment Law Intellectual Property	2005	July 23, 2018	6	61
Copyrights in Sound Recordings	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Copyright Entertainment Law Intellectual Property	2005	February 21, 2019	16	21
European Union Trademark Basics	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics International Law Trademark Intellectual Property	2005	February 5, 2016	3	4
Forum Non Conveniens and Transfer of Venue	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	March 8, 2018	149	490
The Geographic Scope of Trademark Protection	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Intellectual Property Trademark	1998	May 3, 2012	23	77
Incontestability	Trademark Intellectual Property 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics	2004	September 4, 2005	18	35
An Interpleader Primer	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2000	February 6, 2019	36	66
Joinder of Claims and Parties	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	1995	December 11, 2025	383	1,071
Likelihood of Confusion	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Intellectual Property Trademark	2005	October 29, 2021	21	74
Registration and Section 44	Trademark International Law Intellectual Property 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics	2004	May 3, 2012	8	139
A Review of Joinder Concepts	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	1995	September 22, 2020	126	230
Rule 11 and Ethical Pleading	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	May 8, 2023	107	571
Summary Judgment under Rule 56	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	April 24, 2018	290	917
Trademark Dilution: Defenses and Remedies	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Trademark Intellectual Property	2004	October 3, 2016	12	186
Trademark Dilution: Defining Dilution and its Elements	Trademark Intellectual Property 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics	2004	May 13, 2009	2	7
Trademark Dilution: What Marks are Eligible for Protection	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Intellectual Property Trademark	2004	February 22, 2019	14	20
Trademarks in the European Union: Advanced Topics	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics International Law Trademark Intellectual Property	2005	May 24, 2016	3	3
Venue	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	December 5, 2022	312	1,112