Elliott Deese specializes in commercial litigation, with an emphasis on intellectual property disputes. Elliott represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of business areas, including e-commerce, manufacturing, oil and gas, and healthcare. His experience includes opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), domain name disputes before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), along with trial and appellate proceedings in state and federal courts across the country.
Elliott received his J.D., cum laude, from South Texas College of Law. While in law school, he was a member of the Advocacy Program and was inducted into the National Order of Scribes. Elliott previously served as an intern to U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Crone of the Eastern District of Texas.
Prior to law school, Elliott served as a congressional intern for two members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
J.D., South Texas College of Law, cum laude, 2021
National Order of Scribes
Presidential Fellows
B.A., University of Kentucky, 2015
Admissions
Texas
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Experience
- Second-chaired breach of contract bench trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on behalf of a software provider, obtaining a $1.4 million judgment for the client.
- In expedited trade secret misappropriation case, cross-examined the plaintiff-owner on the first day of the preliminary injunction hearing. The court denied the plaintiff's request for injunctive relief, finding the plaintiff failed to establish the existence of trade secrets, and cancelled the second day of testimony.
- Member of trial team that secured a $57 million verdict for the client in a breach of contract action between major chemical manufacturers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Representation of e-commerce clients in lawsuit brough by competitor alleging trade secret appropriation and trade dress infringement, obtaining complete walk-away settlement after years of litigation and multi-million-dollar damages claims.
- Defeated motion for preliminary injunction seeking to prevent the client from opening its first California business location in a trade dress infringement suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
- Obtained favorable settlement of declaratory judgment action brought by accused trademark infringer in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- Defend hospice owner in shareholder dispute in the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Harris County and Galveston County.
- Obtained temporary restraining order and later an agreed permanent injunction in fast-track state court trademark infringement suit on behalf of Houston area restaurant.
- Obtained dismissal of trademark Infringement suit for Houston area restaurant operators in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
- Obtained favorable settlement and agreed permanent injunction for trademark infringement plaintiff in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Representation of trademark owner in Inter Partes proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- Member of trial team that obtained complete defense verdict in trade secret misappropriation case seeking over $30M in damages in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.