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The Firm obtained summary judgment in favor of client Donald J. Trump on a cybersquatting claim brought against J. Taikwok Yung in the U.S.

The Firm successfully defended Hebei Aulion Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

The Firm successfully represented our client McNeil-PPC, Inc. (“McNeil”), a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson and the exclusive licensee of the ZYRTEC mark for allergy products in the United States, in a five-year challenge before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S.

The Firm successfully represented our client Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC (“FSEN”), which holds the exclusive right to commercially exploit Mr. Sinatra’s name and likeness, in its challenge before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S.

The firm obtained partial summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's entire $5.6 million claim for damages against our client Universal Music Corp. d/b/a Universal Music Publishing Group ("UMPG") in a license dispute concerning a celebrity fragrance for Prince, the famous recording artist. UMPG had licensed to plaintiff Revelations Perfume & Cosmetics, Inc. ("Revelations") the right to use Prince's name, likeness, and 3121 album title and mark in connection with fragrance products.

The firm successfully defended our clients, who include Sundance Channel, Mayor Cory A. Booker and the documentary producers Marc Benjamin and Marc Levin, against a copyright infringement action brought by author E. Adam Jackson. Jackson’s October 2010 lawsuit alleged that the Sundance Channel’s Emmy Award-winning documentary series Brick City infringed Jackson’s novel of the same name. The Brick City television series follows Newark, New Jersey's Mayor Booker and other local leaders and residents as they seek to combat the city’s crime problems and urban blight.

The firm obtained summary judgment in favor of client People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (“PETA”) on a copyright infringement claim brought against PETA in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In its 2008 complaint, plaintiff The Institute for the Development of Earth Awareness (“IDEA”) alleged that PETA’s Animal Liberation Project Campaign (“ALP”) infringed a book written by IDEA’s principal, Marjorie Spiegel, titled The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery.

The firm successfully represented Clinique Laboratories, LLC (“Clinique”) in its challenge to Nevada-based Absolute Dental LLC’s attempt to register the mark CLINIQUE DENTIQUE for “cosmetic dentistry services.” In ruling for our client, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) of the U.S.