Anna B. Naydonov

Representative experience include the following:

Whaleco Inc. v. Shein Technology LLC (D.D.C.)
Leads the team for Temu, which is one of the fastest growing e-commerce platforms in the world, in a DMCA, copyright infringement, trade dress infringement, and trade secret misappropriation case against rival ecommerce giant Shein. The first of its kind, this case concerns alleged misuse of the DMCA for anticompetitive purposes by one large e-commerce platform against another.

Ilustrata Servicos Design, Ltda./Lord/ Milburn/Trinidad/Wang v. PDD Holdings Inc. and Whaleco, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
Leading the team representing Temu in five copyright infringement actions based on allegedly infringing products listed by third-party sellers on the Temu marketplace platform, who are challenging immunity under the DMCA safe harbor.

Roadget Business PTE. Ltd. v. Whaleco, Inc. (N.D. IL)
Lead counsel in a trademark, copyright, and false advertising litigation involving Shein and Temu platforms.

Beijing Meishe Network Technology Co., Ltd. v. TikTok Inc., et al. (W.D. Tex.)
Counsel for TikTok Inc., TikTok Pte. Ltd., ByteDance Ltd., and ByteDance Inc. in a global copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, false advertising, unjust enrichment, and breach of fiduciary duty case pertaining to copyrighted software technology.

Conopco, Inc. d/b/a Unilever v. WBM, LLC (D.N.J.)
Lead counsel for one of the largest consumer goods companies in the world, Unilever, in a trade dress infringement and unfair competition case over the well-known Love Beauty and Planet packaging trade dress.

WNAC, LLC v. Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc. and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (D. Mass.)
Lead counsel for a television station license holder in a copyright infringement and breach of contract litigation involving retransmission consent rights.

Jacob Devine v. Bethesda Softworks LLC, et al.
Succeeded in compelling arbitration in a false advertising class action case, with over $1 billion in damages at stake, involving advertising for the Season Pass for the FALLOUT® 4 video game.*

Conopco, Inc. v. 2026 Third Realty, LLC. et al
Secured a victory for Unilever in an anti-counterfeiting case that prevented distribution of 17,280 units of expired and counterfeit Hellmann's mayonnaise. Obtained multiple ex parte temporary restraining orders and a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.*

Combe Incorporated v. Dr. August Wolff GMBH & Co. KG Arzneimittel
After a full trial before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia obtained a ruling that the parties' VAGISIL and VAGISAN marks are confusingly similar and that "VAGISIL is a famous mark that has attained substantial commercial strength." The 4th Circuit affirmed the ruling.*

Buddy Webster v. Dean Guitars
Secured a victory on summary judgment for Dean Guitars and the Estate of Dimebag Darrell Abbott in a hotly-contested copyright infringement and unfair competition case, with multiple Lanham Act, invasion of privacy, and other state law claims. The case involved one of the world's most popular heavy metal guitarists—Darrell Abbott of the band Pantera—and a lightning bolt graphic on his "Dean from Hell" guitar, which for decades has been an inseparable part of Abbott's persona and likeness. The 11th Circuit affirmed the ruling.*

Ass Armor, LLC v. Under Armour, Inc.
Prevailed in a bench trial for Under Armour, securing a consent judgment recognizing fame of UNDER ARMOUR, ARMOUR, and other ARMOUR-formative marks and a permanent injunction against infringing use of a trademark on snowboarding shorts.*

Russell Minoru Ono v. Head USA, Inc.
Defeated class certification in false advertising case involving promotion of tennis rackets by some of the world's most famous tennis pro players. Plaintiff withdrew the case before trial.*

Nuance Communications Inc,. v. Abbyy USA Software House Inc.
Prevailed in jury trial, obtaining verdict that the plaintiff's asserted family of software packaging designs was unprotectable.*

Rolls-Royce v. United Technologies Corp.
Member of litigation team that defended United Technologies Corp. in a patent infringement action concerning fan blades used on contemporary commercial and private aircraft, resulting in a favorable summary judgment ruling of noninfringement.*

*Matters from prior firm