On behalf of our client, Chatham Imports, we prevailed in an opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) based on the client’s rights to the names FARMER’S and FARMER’S BOTANICAL for gin against an application for Class 33 registration of FARMER’S CREED for hard seltzer.More
McIlhenny Co. v. Louisiana Spirits (In re Stoli Group (USA), LLC)
Following a lengthy evidentiary hearing, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas granted our motion for a preliminary injunction against debtor Stoli Group (USA) and its affiliate, defendant Louisiana Spirits, LLC (collectively, “Defendants”), on behalf of McIlhenny Co., the longtime maker of TABASCO® brand pepper sauce,More
Torres v. Universal Music Group N.V. and Universal City Studios LLC
On behalf of our clients Universal Music Group, N.V. and Universal City Studios, LLC, the firm obtained dismissal of reverse domain hijacking and breach of contract claims brought against Defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The firm obtained dismissal on the grounds that the Plaintiff had committed “fraud on the Court” by submitting forged documents and false factual allegations in support of his Complaint.More
New York University v. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
At trial before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (TTAB), the Firm prevailed on behalf of client New York University (“NYU”)—owner of the famous NYU and NEW YORK UNIVERSITY marks for undergraduate and post-graduate educational services—in its challenge to an attempt to register the mark NYCU for educational services filed by a Taiwanese university named National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.More
Wozniak v. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.
726 F.Supp.3d 213 (S.D.N.Y. 2024)
The Firm prevailed on behalf of longtime clients Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (“Warner Bros.”) and DC Comics in a copyright infringement action brought by Christopher Wozniak (“Wozniak”) over Warner Bros.’ 2022 blockbuster film The Batman.More
World Champ Tech, LLC v. Peloton Interactive, Inc.
On behalf of the celebrated fitness company Peloton, Fross Zelnick has successfully defended against a trademark infringement suit in the Northern District of California. The firm won a decision for Peloton at summary judgment, dispatching with the lawsuit altogether. The dispute concerned Peloton’s use of PELOTON BIKE+ as the name of the deluxe version of its connected stationary bike,More
Tangle Inc. v. Aritzia, Inc.
Fross Zelnick is defending client Aritzia, the North American clothing and accessories retailer, against claims of copyright and trade dress infringement filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by Tangle, Inc. In spring 2023, Aritzia had displayed metallic pink–colored decorative sculptures in its retail store windows.More
UMG Recordings, Inc. v. KG Music Center LLC
At trial 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 famous IMPULSE jazz label—in its challenge to an attempt to register the mark IMPULSE MUSIC COMPANY for music production services,More
Luv n’ Care, Ltd. v. MAM Babyartikel GmbH
The Trademark Trial & Appeal Board issued a decision after trial denying a petition to cancel our client MAM Babyartikel GmbH’s registration for SKIN SOFT for baby bottles and nipples. The Board agreed with us that Petitioner’s alleged mark failed to function as a mark.More
Genzyme Corporation v. Hilali Noordeen
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued the decision after trial sustaining Fross Zelnick’s oppositions to REGENAL and REGENALL (for “pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of damaged or injured tissue; nutritional supplements”) based on our client Genzyme Corporation’s mark, RENAGEL, registered for “pharmaceuticals, namely, phosphate binders for treatment of hyperphosphatemia.”More