David S. Welkowitz

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) Latest updatesort descending Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
Incontestability September 4, 2005
16
16
Trademark Dilution: Defining Dilution and its Elements May 13, 2009
1
2
The Geographic Scope of Trademark Protection May 3, 2012
19
20
Registration and Section 44 May 3, 2012
N/A
N/A
European Union Trademark Basics February 5, 2016
1
2
Trademarks in the European Union: Advanced Topics May 24, 2016
N/A
N/A
Trademark Dilution: Defenses and Remedies October 3, 2016
1
1
Forum Non Conveniens and Transfer of Venue March 8, 2018
73
87
Summary Judgment under Rule 56 April 24, 2018
139
353
Copyright Formalities: Notice and Registration July 23, 2018
2
62
An Interpleader Primer February 6, 2019
5
19
Copyrights in Sound Recordings February 21, 2019
N/A
65
Trademark Dilution: What Marks are Eligible for Protection February 22, 2019
1
2
A Review of Joinder Concepts September 22, 2020
27
58
Class Action Basics November 5, 2020
9
23
Likelihood of Confusion October 29, 2021
10
13
Venue December 5, 2022
323
585
Rule 11 and Ethical Pleading May 8, 2023
79
183
Joinder of Claims and Parties March 26, 2024
83
142