396 F.3d 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2005)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a successful opposition brought by our client, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in which it claimed that VEUVE ROYALE is confusingly similar to VEUVE CLICQUOT,More
335 F. Supp. 2d 412 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
We obtained a preliminary injunction against ice cream company, CoolBrands, on behalf of the firm’s client, Frozfruit. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that Frozfruit was likely to prevail on the merits of its claim that CoolBrands’More
307 F. Supp. 2d 521 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 23, 2004)
We argued defendant Berkshire Information Systems, Inc.’s successful motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims under the Copyright Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).More
No. BC 251828 (Cal. Super. Ct. Jan. 5, 2004)
We won summary adjudication on behalf of defendants, The Jim Henson Company, Simon & Schuster, Inc. and Viacom Inc., in an idea submission case brought by two individuals in Los Angeles Superior Court.More
317 F.Supp.2d 485 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
We defeated a preliminary injunction motion on behalf of well-known restaurateur, Jeffrey Chodorow, and his company. The plaintiffs, who operated a neighboring restaurant featuring the Japanese cuisine of chef Tadashi Ono, sought to prevent Chodorow from opening a Japanese restaurant named ONO in the newly opened Hotel Gansevoort in New York City’s meatpacking district.More
336 F. Supp. 2d 324 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
We defeated a motion for summary judgment filed by the lock manufacturer, Kryptonite Corporation. In ruling for DC Comics, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that DC Comics owns strong rights in the KRYPTONITE mark,More
306 F. Supp. 2d 468 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
We won a decision in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing a trade dress infringement claim brought against our firm’s client, Babelito, an Argentine manufacturer of products for infants, on the ground that the defendant had not been properly served in the United States.More
342 F.3d 149 (2d. Cir. 2003), cert denied, 72 U.S.L.W. 3465, 3589, 3598 (2004)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the trial decision in favor of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., owner of all existing rights in the Tarzan character,More
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