David S. Welkowitz

Whittier College School of Law

Professor Emeritus

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
A Review of Joinder Concepts
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2009 September 22, 2020
Joinder of Claims and Parties
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2009 December 11, 2025
An Interpleader Primer
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2009 February 6, 2019
The Geographic Scope of Trademark Protection
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • Intellectual Property
  • Trademark
2009 May 3, 2012
Trademark Dilution: What Marks are Eligible for Protection
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • Intellectual Property
  • Trademark
2009 February 22, 2019
Incontestability
  • Trademark
  • Intellectual Property
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
2009 September 4, 2005
Trademark Dilution: Defenses and Remedies
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • Trademark
  • Intellectual Property
2009 October 3, 2016
Trademark Dilution: Defining Dilution and its Elements
  • Trademark
  • Intellectual Property
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
2009 May 13, 2009
Registration and Section 44
  • Trademark
  • International Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
2009 May 3, 2012
European Union Trademark Basics
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • International Law
  • Trademark
  • Intellectual Property
2009 February 5, 2016
Copyright Formalities: Notice and Registration
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • Copyright
  • Entertainment Law
  • Intellectual Property
2009 July 23, 2018
Copyrights in Sound Recordings
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • Copyright
  • Entertainment Law
  • Intellectual Property
2009 February 21, 2019
Likelihood of Confusion
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • Intellectual Property
  • Trademark
2009 October 29, 2021
Trademarks in the European Union: Advanced Topics
  • 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics
  • International Law
  • Trademark
  • Intellectual Property
2009 May 24, 2016
Venue
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2018 December 5, 2022
Forum Non Conveniens and Transfer of Venue
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2018 March 8, 2018
Rule 11 and Ethical Pleading
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2018 May 8, 2023
Summary Judgment under Rule 56
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2018 April 24, 2018
Class Action Basics
  • 1L - First Year Lesson Topics
  • Civil Procedure
2018 November 5, 2020