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.
National Basketball Association v. Motorola
939 F. Supp. 1071 (S.D.N.Y. 1996), rev’d, 105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir. 1997)
We successfully tried the NBA’s “hot news” misappropriation claim arising out of defendants’unauthorized transmissions on an AOL online site and via a Motorola hand-held beeper product (the “Sports Trax”) of game statistics on a real-time basis,More
Cordon Art B.V. v. Walker
40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1506 (S.D.Cal. 1996)
We successfully brought the first case under the Uruguay Round GATT amendments to the US Copyright Act to stop unauthorized copying of the works of Dutch artist, M.C. Escher, for which U.S. copyright protection had been restored.More
Murray v. British Broad. Corp.
81 F. 3d 287 (2nd Cir. 1996)
We represented the BBC in securing dismissal for forum non conveniens of an action for copyright infringement and unfair competition brought in US against the BBC by a British subject with respect to BBC television character “Mr.More
EFS Marketing, Inc. v. Russ Berrie & Co.
76 F.3d 487 (2d Cir. 1996)
We successfully represented the Russ Berrie defendants who were sued for violation of plaintiff’s alleged “trade dress” rights in a line of troll dolls based upon the original Dam troll doll for which copyright protection was lost in 1965 due to publication without copyright notice.More
Hormel Foods Corp. v. Jim Henson Productions, Inc.
36 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1812 (S.D.N.Y. 1995), aff’d., 73 F.3d 497 (2d Cir. 1996)
In one of the more humorous decisions in recent memory, we successfully established the rights of the Muppets to poke fun at “SPAM” luncheon meat by naming a wild boar Muppet character “Spa-am”More
Novus Group, Inc. v. Dean Witter, Discover & Co.
93 Civ. 1056A (E.D. Va.)
We successfully represented Discover Card defendants in a jury trial in the so-called “Rocket Docket” against claims for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition. Plaintiff, a Washington, D.C. business consulting firm, claimed that defendants’ adoption of the subsidiary mark “Novus”More
Schieffelin & Co. v. Jack Co. of Boca Inc.
850 F. Supp. 232 (S.D.N.Y. 1994)
Marie Driscoll protected the DOM PERIGNON trademark against “Dom Popingnon” popcorn. [Marie Driscoll]More
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Balducci
28 F.3d 769 (8th Cir. 1994)
In this action by our client Anheuser-Busch over misuse of the MICHELOB trademark in what the defendants claimed was a parody advertisement, the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court decision holding the ad was protected by the First Amendment.More
Financial Matters v. PepsiCo, Inc.
1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13294; 1994 Trade Cas. (CCH) P70521 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 1993)
We established PepsiCo, Inc.’s ownership of world famous STOLICHNAYA mark for vodka following dissolution of former U.S.S.R. and obtained preliminary injunction and later a final judgment against an infringer acting under the authority of officials of a former Soviet state.More