David S. Welkowitz

Professor of Law Whittier College School of Law Costa Mesa, CA

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
Incontestability	Trademark Intellectual Property 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics	2004	September 4, 2005	N/A	1
Trademark Dilution: Defining Dilution and its Elements	Trademark Intellectual Property 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics	2004	May 13, 2009	N/A	2
The Geographic Scope of Trademark Protection	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Intellectual Property Trademark	1998	May 3, 2012	1	47
Registration and Section 44	Trademark International Law Intellectual Property 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics	2004	May 3, 2012	N/A	2
European Union Trademark Basics	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics International Law Trademark Intellectual Property	2005	February 5, 2016	N/A	1
Trademarks in the European Union: Advanced Topics	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics International Law Trademark Intellectual Property	2005	May 24, 2016	N/A	N/A
Trademark Dilution: Defenses and Remedies	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Trademark Intellectual Property	2004	October 3, 2016	N/A	N/A
Forum Non Conveniens and Transfer of Venue	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	March 8, 2018	19	40
Summary Judgment under Rule 56	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	April 24, 2018	151	557
Copyright Formalities: Notice and Registration	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Copyright Entertainment Law Intellectual Property	2005	July 23, 2018	N/A	2
An Interpleader Primer	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2000	February 6, 2019	8	26
Copyrights in Sound Recordings	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Copyright Entertainment Law Intellectual Property	2005	February 21, 2019	59	61
Trademark Dilution: What Marks are Eligible for Protection	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Intellectual Property Trademark	2004	February 22, 2019	1	2
A Review of Joinder Concepts	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	1995	September 22, 2020	95	185
Class Action Basics	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	November 5, 2020	16	47
Likelihood of Confusion	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Intellectual Property Trademark	2005	October 29, 2021	2	5
Venue	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	December 5, 2022	194	498
Rule 11 and Ethical Pleading	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	2018	May 8, 2023	120	282
Joinder of Claims and Parties	1L - First Year Lesson Topics Civil Procedure	1995	March 26, 2024	105	272