2018 WL 3529479, Opp. No. 91200616, Canc. No. 92053622 (T.T.A.B. July 19, 2018)
After a seven-year battle before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the Firm prevailed on behalf of client UMG Recordings, Inc. (“UMG”)—owner of the JACKSON 5 trademark—in its challenge to an attempt to register the mark J5 for clothing and related merchandise by Siggy Music,More
2:2018-cv-00114 (C.D. Cal. July 11, 2018), aff’d 753 Fed. Appx. 501 (9th Cir. 2019)
We obtained judgment on the pleadings for Defendant AMC Networks in connection with a claim concerning the use of a hip-hop concept for television program. The 9th Circuit affirmed.More
2018 WL 558888, Case No. 16-cv-5440-RS (N.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2018)
On behalf of our client, plaintiff Asuragen, Inc., the Firm defeated defendant Accuragen, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in an infringement action between two providers of genomic services and their respective ASURAGEN and ACCURAGEN trademarks.More
Opp. No. 91229126 (T.T.A.B. 2018)
We Represented Chanel in establishing the fame for Chanel’s CC monogram prior to 2002, and that Chanel’s CC Monogram mark is a household name.More
892 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
On behalf of Royal Crown Company, Inc. and Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. (together, “RC”), the Firm prevailed at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals after a nearly decade-long battle concerning whether The Coca-Cola Company (“TCCC”) could claim exclusive trademark rights to ZERO for soft drinks. More
Opp. No. 91219587 (T.T.A.B. Aug. 8, 2017)
The Firm prevailed on behalf of client DC Comics (“DC”) before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) in an opposition involving THE FLASH character and related trademarks. DC had opposed an application to register the mark FLASH TEC together with a lightning bolt design in connection with clothing.More
Opp. No. 91224082 (T.T.A.B. July 26, 2017)
The Firm prevailed in an opposition brought by a company affiliated with the seminal hip-hop group Cypress Hill against an application to register the mark GREENE THUMB in connection with music based on our client’s rights in the mark DR. GREENTHUMB.More
Opp. No. 91218461 (T.T.A.B. July 19, 2017)
On behalf of client Athleta, the Firm prevailed in an opposition against applications to register ATHLETIKA and ATHLETIKA SP in connection with sports medicine products. The claim was based on Athleta’s rights in the ATHLETA mark for women’s fitness and active wear.More
Opp. No. 91205751 (T.T.A.B. Dec. 21, 2016)
On behalf of DC Comics, the Firm prevailed in an opposition against an individual’s attempt to register SUPER DOGS in connection with a contemplated entertainment series and merchandising program. DC relied on its SUPERMAN family of trademarks, including those relating to the KRYPTO THE SUPERDOG character.More
Opp. No. 91209815 (T.T.A.B. Oct. 5, 2016)
The Firm, on behalf of our client Cartier International A.G., prevailed in an opposition proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Cartier had opposed an application to register the mark TRINITY in connection with leather handbags on the basis of likelihood of confusion with its own TRINITY mark for jewelry.More
