Opp. No. 91234507 (T.T.A.B.)
On behalf of client Old Navy (Apparel), LLC, we successfully opposed an application to register the mark OLD IVY for clothing before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “TTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The TTAB found that OLD IVY was confusingly similar to our client’s OLD NAVY mark,More
Opp. No. 91232774 (T.T.A.B.)
On behalf of client Manimal, LLC, we successfully defended an opposition brought by the owner of the GARANIMALS trademark for apparel against our client’s application to register MANIMAL, also for apparel.More
Opp. No. 91242434 (T.T.A.B.)
Fross Zelnick successfully represented client Marshall B. Mathers III pka Eminem in a Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (TTAB) proceeding brought by opposer Three Thirteen Licensing, LLC, against his application to register E13 (stylized) for clothing. After the opposer failed to present testimony in support of its opposition,More
Case No. 19-2461 (2d Cir. 2020)
The Second Circuit affirmed the S.D.N.Y.’s dismissal of a declaratory judgment action brought by Plaintiff Abdul Rehman Karim Saleh against our clients, Sulka Trading Ltd. and A. Sulka and Company Limited (together, “Sulka”). Sulka filed its motion to dismiss based on the ground that there was no actual controversy between the parties sufficient to create subject matter jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act because Saleh showed no evidence of an intent and ability to use the SULKA mark in an infringing manner in the U.More
On behalf of client Intercontinental Great Brands, LLC (“IGBL”)—owner of the famous CHICLETS brand of chewing gum—we successfully defended against a cancellation action filed in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in which Retrobrands USA, LLC sought to cancel IGBL’s registrations for the CHICLETS trademark on the ground that IGBL allegedly had abandoned the trademark in the United States.More
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
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
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. 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
122 F. Supp. 3d 1338 (M.D. Fla. 2015), aff’d, 684 Fed.Appx. 981 (11th Cir. 2016)
Following an evidentiary hearing, on behalf of client The Gap, Inc. and its Old Navy brand, the Firm was successful in defeating a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by plaintiff Hoop Culture,More
