Ashlie Beringer is Of Counsel in the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Ms. Beringer’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, entertainment and media law and commercial litigation.  She has extensive intellectual property litigation experience and has successfully represented clients throughout the country in complex patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets disputes.  In addition, Ms. Beringer has represented numerous major entertainment, media and telecommunications clients in contract, profit participation, intellectual property, right of publicity and fraud actions.  Ms. Beringer also has significant experience in the prosecution and defense of commercial contracts, securities fraud and business tort actions.

Ms. Beringer earned her J.D. in 1996 from Yale Law School, where she was an Editor of the Yale Law Journal and winner of Yale Law School’s Mock Trial Competition.  She earned her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, summa cum laude, in 1992. 

Ms. Beringer is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver College of Law, where she teaches Entertainment Law.  She was a law clerk for the Honorable Richard P. Matsch of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in 1996-97.

Representative Matters:

• ValueClick v. Blue Lithium: Prosecution of trade secrets misappropriation case against internet advertising company, in which we obtained a temporary restraining order against the defendants.
• Wireless Agents v. T-Mobile USA, Danger and Sharp Corp.: Defense of patent and trade secrets cases in federal and state courts in Dallas relating to mobile hand-held communication technology and services.
• Miken Composites v. Wilson Sporting Goods:  Defense of patent infringement claims concerning multi-wall softball bat configurations.  We obtained summary judgment on behalf of Miken Composites.
• Songmasters v. CNN/Turner Broadcasting: Defense of cable network in breach of contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty action arising out of contemplated multimedia joint venture.
• Tomato Music Works v. EMI Music: Defense of EMI Music in a copyright and contract dispute concerning ownership of the Townes Van Zandt collection. 
• William Morris Agency v. World Wrestling Federation: Prosecution of breach of contract claims arising from WWFE’s termination of exclusive agency contract.
• Binkow v. Osbourne:  Defense of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in breach of contract action in which a producer sought to recover 50% of the profits generated by the MTV television series The Osbournes.
• Kakley v. Home Box Office: Defense of cable network and creator of television series “Six Feet Under” in copyright infringement action.  We defeated plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction following an evidentiary hearing.