Opp. No. 91194783 (T.T.A.B. 2012)
The Board sustained the Firm’s opposition, filed on behalf of IKEA, to the registration of NIKEA for chocolates and candy, finding a likelihood of confusionMore
Opp. No. 91194783 (T.T.A.B. 2012)
The Board sustained the Firm’s opposition, filed on behalf of IKEA, to the registration of NIKEA for chocolates and candy, finding a likelihood of confusionMore
Index No. 603350/2008, Slip Op. (N.Y. Sup. Aug. 4, 2011)
The firm obtained partial summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s entire $5.6 million claim for damages against our client Universal Music Corp. d/b/a Universal Music Publishing Group in a license dispute concerning a celebrity fragrance for Prince,More
No. 2:10-cv-05371-JLL-CCC, 2011 WL 3236062 (D.N.J. July 27, 2011), aff’d, 465 Fed.Appx. 163 (3d Cir. 2012)
The firm successfully defended our clients, who include Sundance Channel, Mayor Cory A. Booker and the documentary producers, Marc Benjamin and Marc Levin, against a copyright infringement action brought by author,More
Opp. No. 91181263 (T.T.A.B. Apr. 28, 2011)
The firm successfully represented Clinique Laboratories, LLC in its challenge to Nevada-based Absolute Dental LLC’s attempt to register the mark CLINIQUE DENTIQUE for “cosmetic dentistry services.”More
768 F. Supp. 2d 672 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
The firm obtained summary judgment in favor of client, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (“PETA”), dismissing copyright infringement claim brought against PETA in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on basis of alleged use in PETA animal rights campaign of historical facts and not-new idea of comparing mistreatment of slaves in 19th century America to mistreatment of animals today.More
Case No. 5:10-cv-02451 HLK, 2010 WL 3910178 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 5, 2010)
The Firm successfully defended our clients, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. and Clinique Laboratories LLC, against a motion for preliminary injunction filed by Rodan & Fields, LLC.More
Opp. No. 91189827, 2010 WL 325956 (T.T.A.B. Jan 21, 2010) (summary judgment); 2010 WL 1619443 (T.T.A.B. Apr. 7, 2010) (reconsideration)
We successfully represented Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (ERB)–successor to the famous author of the Tarzan and John Carter of Mars stories–in overcoming an opposition to its application to register the mark JOHN CARTER OF MARS for a variety of toys and games.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
874 N.Y.S.2d 52 (App. Div., 1st Dep’t 2009)
On behalf of documentary filmmaker defendants, the Firm successfully defended appeal of lower court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ defamation claims for lack of personal jurisdiction. The appellate court also affirmed lower court’s dismissal on merits of plaintiffs’More