In its recent article regarding whether the U.S. Supreme Court will grant cert. in the Stairway to Heaven copyright case, Managing IP quotes James Silberstein, who noted that the Court might deny cert. because, among other things, the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s decision (i) does not appear to depart from the Supreme Court’s standards for originality set forth in Feist;More
James Weinberger Quoted by Law360 on Copyright Protection for Characters
In its article about eight rulings relating to copyrighted characters, Law360 reached out to James Weinberger for his insights.More
Fross Zelnick Protects THE WALKING DEAD with TTAB Win
To protect THE WALKING DEAD trademark on behalf of its owner, Fross Zelnick’s Jason Jones and Craig Mende won a ruling before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to block registration of the confusingly similar mark THE TOKING DEAD for retail store services featuring cannabis-related clothing,More
Law360 Quotes Allison Strickland Ricketts on Booking.com Decision
In its story about the Booking.com decision, Law360 quotes Allison Strickland Ricketts, who anticipates that, while “generic.com” mark registration is no longer expressly prohibited, it will be challenging to gather sufficient evidence of consumer perception to overcome refusals to register such marks.More
Managing IP Quotes David Donahue
Managing IP quoted David Donahue in its article about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Romag Fasteners v. Fossil, which held that willfulness infringement is not a prerequisite for profit disgorgement in trademark cases. In the article,More
Amanda Agati Offers Guidance to Job-Seekers
Amanda Agati answered questions from Avocate for Women founder Ava Farshidi during a webinar to provide employment advice and job-seeking tips during challenging times for the group’s mentees.More
Allison Strickland Ricketts Quoted by Law360
In its article about whether the COVID-19 pandemic will disrupt USPTO filings, Law360 quoted Allison Strickland Ricketts is quoted as saying that, thus far, our clients have been able to meet their deadlines but the eventual effect remains unclear.More
Fross Zelnick Partner Lydia Gobena Meets with IP Officials in Ethiopia
Lydia Gobena met with Pren-Tsilya Boa-Guehe and Rubani Trimiew from the U.S. Mission to the African Union and Peter Fowler, intellectual property attaché covering the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S. Department of Commerce, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while leading an IP rights seminar for African Union officials working on the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement.More
Law360 Highlights Efforts of Barbara Solomon and Sean Harb
Law360 wrote about efforts of Barbara Solomon and Sean Harb to identify some of the entities who have adopted and are using packaging similar to our client Mondelez’s Sour Patch candy packaging in order to sell unregulated THC-infused products.More
Tamar Niv Bessinger & Emily Weiss Publish Article on New USPTO Anti-fraud Efforts
In their IP Litigator article, Tamar Niv Bessinger and former associate Emily Weiss (now Senior Counsel, IP at Warner Bros. Entertainment) examine policies recently implemented by the USPTO to stem the tide of fraudulent applications and prevent renewal of registrations for unused marks.More