On October 24,
2002, a Mr. Lin filed an application with the China Trademark Office (“CTMO”)
for the following alligator design: covering
“garments, shoes, neckties, shirts, t-shirts, socks, woolen fabric jacket
(clothes), knitwear, underwear, pants, etc” in Class 25. The CTMO rejected the
application citing a prior registration in the name of Lacoste (France)
(“Lacoste”) for an alligator design trademark () covering identical goods in Class 25. More
Canada: Status of Use/Registration Abroad Filing Basis
Thymes, LLC v. Reitmans
Canada Limited,
2013 FC 127 (February 6, 2013) (Appeal discontinued.)
The three most common filing bases for trademark
applications in Canada are (1) use of the mark in Canada, (2) proposed use of
the mark in Canada,More
Singapore: Court of Appeal Issues Landmark Likelihood of Confusion Decision
Staywell Hospitality Group Pty Ltd v. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ([2013] SGCA 65)
On November 29, 2013, the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore, the nation’s highest court, issued a highly anticipated likelihood of confusion ruling.More
In Memoriam – Allan Zelnick
With great sadness, we report that our retired partner, Allan Zelnick, died on April 22, 2013 at his home in West Orange, New Jersey. Allan was a leading litigator, writer, and scholar in trademark, unfair competition, and comparative advertising law, and represented major corporations including Estee Lauder,More
International Trademark Dilution
Author, Russian Federation Chapter for the 2012 and subsequent editions
(Thomson West, 2012-2015) of International Trademark Dilution
Small Uses, Big Rewards
Managing IP June 2011More
Look Before You Leap Into Naming Rights Agreements, Managing Intellectual Property, October 2009
Trademark Warranties in M & A Transactions
This article
was published in The Journal of IP Law & Practice, August 2008, and in Wall
Street Lawyer, October 2007More
The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights: Promoting International Discussion on the Morality of Non-Therapeutic Research on Children
27 Mich. J. Int’l L. 629 (2006)
International Protection of Well-Known Marks
This article was first published in ‘The International Who’s Who of
Trademark Lawyers 2006