Daniyal Habib is special counsel and a litigation lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Daniyal is located in the firm’s San Francisco office where he is a member of the Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice.

Daniyal has experience in litigation, intellectual property, and business contracts. He has significant writing and client communication experience as a lead attorney on high volume caseloads. He has experience in writing successful appellate briefs, summary judgment motions, and other litigation motions in Indiana state and federal courts and has advised clients directly on legal strategy, settlement, and investigations. He has devised strategies that are legally sound, practical, and consistent with client needs.

Prior to joining Foley, Daniyal was an Assistant Corporation Counsel and Assistant City Prosecutor at the Office of Corporation Counsel for the City of Indianapolis where he managed complex civil litigation. He prepared complaints, answers, discovery, motions, and briefs through trial courts, the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Indiana. He has represented government agencies in depositions, hearings, settlement conferences, trials, and mediations in state and federal court. He rendered advice to governmental agencies, officials, and employees with regard to litigation and settlement of lawsuits. He has offered advisory legal opinions, particularly with regard to litigation or potential litigation and has negotiated settlement agreements based on the valuation of the case through examination of potential liability and damages.

Daniyal has experience in preparing trademark applications for small business clients including relevant clearance searches, due diligence, and research on the TESS system. He filed applications and obtained successful registration of trademarks without USPTO refusal, and counseled clients on the feasibility and strength of various potential trademarks in consideration and selected the mark with high probability of registration and unique abstract strength.

While obtaining his J.D., he worked as a law clerk at CMG Worldwide, Inc., where he investigated potential trademark and right of publicity infringements online and drafted trademark and right of publicity infringement cases and desist letters. He further analyzed copyright contracts on file and communicated with potential copyright licensees regarding the scope of use. He also gathered royalty provisions, licensing fees, territory, field of use, and duration terms to draft license agreements.