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
No. 1:13-cv-00780 (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2013), aff’d 735 F.3d 735 (7th Cir. 2013)
The Firm obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of Kraft Foods Group Brands, LLC , owner of the CRACKER BARREL trademark in connection with cheese, against restaurant company, Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores,More
732 F. Supp. 2d 712 (E.D. Ky. 2010)
On behalf of our client Cadbury Adams USA LLC–maker of the famous DENTYNE brand of chewing gum–we defeated a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by plaintiff which sought to block the launch of Cadbury’s new breath purifying gum,More
Opposition No. 91180742 & Cancellation No. 92048446m 2010 WL 3798550 (T.T.A.B. 2010)
Prevailed at trial on behalf of Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. in consolidated opposition and cancellation proceedings against the mark, CRUSSH.More
396 F.3d 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2005)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a successful opposition brought by our client, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which it claimed that VEUVE ROYALE is confusingly similar to VEUVE CLICQUOT,More
97 CV 00214 (3/18/97) 98 CV 01730 (3/11/98) (C.D. Cal.)
In a case of first impression, we successfully argued that in a federal
court action seeking to cancel the defendant’s trademark registration, the
applicable factors to be applied are those established by the Federal Circuit,More
913 F. Supp. 1559 (S.D. Fla. 1996), aff’d, 112 F.3d 1125 (11th Cir. 1997) (S.D. Fla. 1997)
We obtained a preliminary injunction in a trade dress infringement case
brought by the U.S. importer of STOLICHNAYA CRISTALL vodka.
1999 TTAB LEXIS 217 (T.T.A.B. May 19, 1999)
We represented Carvel Corporation in its successful opposition against a
former licensee’s attempt to register the mark THE ICE CREAM BAKERY. The
applicant argued that Carvel had abandoned THE ICE CREAM BAKERY through naked
licensing,More
892 F.2d 74 (4th Cir. 1989)
The Fourth Circuit protected as trademark a configuration for Lifesavers candy that had once been the subject of a design patent.More
802 F. Supp. 965 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)
Coors claimed that television and radio commercials run by our client Anheuser-Busch stating that Coors’ beer was shipped in railroad tankers and diluted with local water, disparaged its beer. The court denied Coors’s motion for a preliminary injunction and allowed the commercials to continue running because of Coors’More
