Louis  Bonham

Louis Bonham has extensive experience in advising architects, designers, builders, and developers in architectural copyright matters and in litigating architectural copyright cases. He also has experience representing clients in the financial, oilfield, semiconductor, telecommunication, and software industries.

Mr. Bonham has concentrated on architectural copyright law for over 30 years, beginning shortly after the enactment of the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act. His practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation with particular emphasis on architectural copyright law, Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims, bankruptcy and fraudulent conveyance litigation, and appellate litigation.

Mr. Bonham litigates patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret cases, as well as many other general business disputes. He frequently speaks on copyright and intellectual property law to industry groups such as the National Association of Home Builders, the American Institute of Architects, the American Institute of Building Design, and the American Society of Media Photographers. He has been a guest lecturer on architectural copyright law at the University of Texas and the University of Southern California Schools of Architecture, and has presented lectures on United States intellectual property litigation to industry and trade groups in Japan, Taiwan, and China.

He has been interviewed as a commentator on copyright law by major media outlets such as Bloomberg, Agency France Presse, the National Law Journal, and USA Today. Previously, Mr. Bonham was a law clerk to Judge Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. While attending the University of Texas, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma.