2009 WL 1227922 Opp. No. 91177866 (T.T.A.B. 2009)
On behalf of Lacoste, the owner of the famous alligator logo, the Firm filed an opposition to Maxoly’s application to register a mark consisting of the words COLBA ISLAND and a similar alligator logo for clothing.More
Case No. SA-CV-08-0608 DOC (MLGx), 2008 WL 11338010 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2008)
In a trademark case concerning the ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR mark, the Firm won a motion to dismiss declaratory judgment action against one Ernst & Young (“E&Y”) party for lack of personal jurisdiction and won motion to transfer the action against the remaining E&Y parties and consolidate with E&Y’s infringement action in New York,More
564 F.Supp.2d 290 (S.D.N.Y. 2008), aff’d, No. 08-1674-CV, 2009 WL 1054109 (2d. Cir. Apr. 21, 2009)
Following a trial, the court held that the defendant infringed the copyrights in our client’s popular Spin Trophy, by selling a trophy that court found “strikingly similar”More
No. 05-35811, 2007 WL 2193541 (9th Cir. July 31, 2007); 384 F.3d 700 (9th Cir. 2004)
The firm successfully concluded its representation of Timex Corporation in its defense against copyright and trademark infringement claims brought against it by Polar Bear Productions, Inc. In 2002,More
No. 03-CV-0844 (DRH) (ETB), 2007 WL 1029025 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2007)
The firm prevailed a motion to strike a jury verdict against its clients, the German grinding machine company, Overbeck GmbH, its parent, the Spanish cooperative, Danobat S. Coop., and its U.S. affiliate,More
483 F.3d 150 (2d Cir. 2007)
In case of first impression involving restored copyrights in works of foreign authors, won affirmance of preliminary injunction on behalf of owner of U.S. copyright in the famous Good Luck Troll doll against distributor of Wish-nik dolls,More
No. 04 CV 5332 (S.D.N.Y., Oct. 6, 2006)
We were brought in after the liability phase to represent the defendant in a rare jury trial on statutory damages for copyright infringement. Before we became involved in the case, our client, a nonprofit charitable foundation,More
440 F. Supp. 2d 249 (S.D.N.Y. 2006)
The firm won a trial before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of plaintiffs De Beers LV Limited and De Beers LV Trademark Limited, owners of rights in the famous DE BEERS mark.More
430 F.3d 1036 (9th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 2969 (2006)
In the first judicial treatment of the new termination right enacted in the U.S. Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, 17 U.S.C. § 304 (d), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision rejecting an attempt by Disney and Clare Milne to cut off client Stephen Slesinger,More
Opp. No. 91118587 (T.T.A.B. 2006)
The firm secured a decision in favor of The Tea Board of India, owner of the DARJEELING geographic certification mark for tea, in its opposition against a trademark application for DARJEELING NOUVEAU, covering tea, of Republic of Tea.More
