Atty. Roland Tong

07/18/2025

What’s Litigation Strategy Planning?

Litigation strategy planning involves breaking down each cause of action, aligning your evidence with every required element, identifying what evidence is missing, and mapping out how to obtain it through written discovery, depositions, subpoenas, or investigations.

07/14/2025

Protecting Your Rights and Assets in Business Disputes

Disputes are common between businesses and consumers. It is crucial to make sure you have a skilled attorney looking out for your legal rights and financial interests when you face a business-related dispute.

06/30/2025

What core clauses in a formal agreement ensure a partnership runs smoothly and delivers real value?

A well-structured vendor agreement lays the foundation for a successful partnership by setting clear expectations, defining financial terms, and protecting sensitive information.

✅Define deliverables ➝ ensure clarity; no surprises.
✅Set payment terms ➝ ensure timely, transparent transactions.
✅Lock in confidentiality ➝ safeguard trusted information.

12/12/2024

Proud to achieve this victory for a well deserving client

Orange County Partner Roland Tong recently obtained a defense verdict in a California federal trademark case that was featured in Law360. The case involved our client, a New York-based limited liability company that operates a wine store, and a similarly named California-based corporation that specializes in the sale of Japanese alcoholic beverages.

After our client submitted cease-and-desist letters for trademark infringement, the California-based company filed a complaint, seeking a declaratory judgment that it did not infringe on our client’s trademark and instead alleging that our client infringed on their trademark by directing its sales toward the State of California. While our client had previously delivered its goods to California, its sales to the state averaged less than .01% of its annual transactions, and as of 2023, our client stopped shipping its goods to California upon discovering shipping restrictions on wine. Accordingly, Mr. Tong successfully persuaded the Court to dismiss the case due to its lack of personal jurisdiction.

Learn more about the case and our Intellectual Property team’s Patent Law division on our website: https://bit.ly/3ZzVJqY

11/16/2023

Congratulations to Dr. Ninh and his company Orthotek LLC for receiving not one but 3 patents on various surgical devices and techniques. I’m thankful for the opportunity to obtain these patents and protect your inventions for you.

09/14/2023

Litigation strategy planning involves looking at each element of each of your causes of actions, matching the evidence that you have to each element, listing the evidence that you need for each element and planning your courses of action as to how you gather the evidence, such as through written discovery, depositions, third-party subpoenas, or private investigations. litigationattorney litigation attorney

06/19/2023

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads especially to those who give their 💯 for their children

05/30/2023

Many entrepreneurs and small business owners consider incorporating their business – and then don’t.

Many fear the cost of incorporating.

03/24/2023

It's common for company leadership to wonder whether utilizing the services of an outside facility could lead to patent infringement.

Factory knock-off products are common.

01/25/2023

Do people need to send every single piece of work to the United States Copyright Office?

Informal protection starts at publication.

12/10/2022

Who will handle your estate when you die?

A large part of estate planning involves what happens when you die. Thus, you need to choose someone to take charge when this happens. The official term for them is the executor of your estate. It’s a critical role, as doing the job poorly could result in errors that cause confusion and delays. In...

12/01/2022

Partnership vs LLC: Which one should you choose?

If you’re in the process of setting up a new business, you are probably thinking about what type of business you should form. It’s important that you make the right decision as your choice can have personal and professional consequences. The most common entities people usually choose from are LL...