Opp. No. 91121800 (T.T.A.B. Oct. 20, 2003)
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board sustained our opposition on behalf of Wyeth to an application to register FEMPRO for use in connection with feminine hygiene products, on the basis that it was confusingly similar to PREMPRO for use in connection with prescription medication to treat symptoms of menopause.More
No. B153518, 2003 WL 1861585 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. Apr 11, 2003)
We successfully defended an appeal in the California Court of Appeal of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.’s lower court victory dismissing the claims of American First Run Studios. American First Run had claimed that Disney’s 1994 animated “Tarzan”More
01 CV 0286(RLC), 2003 WL 1872656 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 10, 2003)
We won summary judgment on behalf of Movado in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Swatch alleged that its rights in its VENTURA mark, which it uses under its Hamilton line of watches,More
252 F. Supp. 2d 962 (C.D. Cal. 2002), 273 F. Supp. 2d 1095 (C.D. Cal. 2003)
On behalf of Jennifer Lopez and Coty Inc., defeated a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by Glow Industries in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.More
283 F. Supp. 2d 963 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)
Successfully defeated a preliminary injunction motion brought by The Echo Design Group, Inc., a fashion and home accessories manufacturer, against Zino Davidoff S.A., Davidoff & Cie S.A., Davidoff of Geneva (NY), Inc., Coty Inc., and Lancaster Group LLC to prevent the US launch of ECHO DAVIDOFF,More
250 F. Supp. 2d 91 (E.D.N.Y. 2003)
Defeated a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by a Long Island-based electronics company against Sony Electronics in an action involving use of the mark MG in connection with digital copyright management software. More
82 U.S.P.Q.2d 1319 (S.D.N.Y. 2007); No. 01 Civ. 3192 (CLB) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 11, 2001), aff’d, 2002 WL 31303241 (2d Cir. Oct. 11, 2002)
The Firm successfully defended Cab Calloway’s grandson, Christopher Brooks, against multiple attempts by his step-grandmother, her family, and their company to prevent him from performing his grandfather’s music under the name “The Cab Calloway Orchestra.”More
103 F. Supp. 2d 711 (S.D.N.Y. 2000), aff’d, 294 F.3d 383 (2d. Cir. 2002)
Plaintiff owned the trademark Field & Stream for publications, and defendant owned the Field & Stream trademark for clothing and other products. The parties had co-existed for decades and had more recently entered into concurrent use and settlement agreements specifying the products reserved to each.More
No. 00-773-A (E.D. Va 2000)
We successfully recovered the domain name JANETJACKSON.COM in this in rem action under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. More
98 Civ. 7448 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
We represented the heirs of Edgar Rice Burroughs in the first case interpreting the 1976 Copyright Act’s termination provisions. The decision required editing MGM’s 1981 remake of its 1932 film Tarzan, The Apeman, but then held that the edited version did not contravene the provision of a 1931 motion picture license requiring MGM to adhere to the original story in exercising the right granted to it to remake the original production of this film and did not violate the Burroughs’More