Fashion and Apparel: Mr. Sarabia can review performance of a wide array of apparel business agreements to determine if it is consistent with the standards of the industry. He has worked extensively on most facets of the clothing business and can provide expert testimony and analysis about matters such as contracts, manufacturing (local, abroad), import, export, sales, distribution, factory conditions, similarity of apparel lines and protection of designs.

Licensing: Mr. Sarabia has substantial experience in consumer licensing. He is familiar with international and domestic licensing including revenue projections, monitoring of licensees, standards of the industry,  performance and breaches.  He can evaluate licensee and licensor performance under the standards of the industry. He was an expert in licensing for the Vatican, Converse and Jones Apparel.

Trademarks and Trade Dress: Mr. Sarabia’s work includes: international and domestic registration, secondary meaning, infringement, dilution, searches, investigations, due diligence, trade dress and counterfeiting in a variety of businesses such as software, food, real estate, concert promotion and apparel.

Copyrights: He can provide opinions on the originality and substantial similarity of copyrights.

Education: 

• A.B. Occidental College
• J.D. University of Chicago Law School