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Personal Care & Cosmetics

With a deep roster of clients across the spectrum of personal care products and services, Fross Zelnick has seen virtually every conceivable issue relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright rights for such products, whether they be mass-market soaps, luxe anti-aging products, or classic fragrances. The Firm represents clients in the personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance fields throughout the entire brand lifecycle - from clearing and providing advance advice on proposed brand names and slogans, to developing and executing local and international registration programs, to managing brand enforcement strategies and handling litigation, to licensing, acquisition and divestitures.

The Firm’s experience in clearing registering brand names and slogans allows us to understand the breadth of our clients’ needs in this area and – for example – know the difference between foundational brand names and seasonal or other temporal phrases and taglines, which helps us advise clients on the best allocation of client resources and energies.  With respect to disputes, our knowledge of the market and players allows us to help clients navigate all manner of disputes, whether it be to combat counterfeits and look-alikes locally or manage multijurisdictional disputes with competitors.

Strengths that Matter to our Clients:

  • Deep experience and understanding of the industry and internal market segments
  • Knowledge of both traditional and non-traditional trademarks

Decisions

  • Revelations Perfume v. Prince Rogers Nelson

    August 4, 2011

    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

  • Chanel, Inc. v. Camacho & Camacho LLP

    January 12, 2018

    Opp. No. 91229126 (T.T.A.B. 2018)

    We Represented Chanel in establishing the fame for Chanel’s CC monogram prior to 2002, and that Chanel’s CC Monogram mark is a household name.More

  • Rodan & Fields, LLC v. Estee Lauder Cos.

    October 5, 2010

    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

  • Clinique Laboratories LLC v. Absolute Dental, LLC

    April 28, 2011

    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

  • Chanel, Inc. v. Makarczyk

    January 1, 2014

    110 U.S.P.Q.2d 2013 (T.T.A.B. 2014)

    In a precedential decision before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“TTAB”), the Firm successfully represented Chanel, Inc. in its challenge to a Canadian real-estate developer’s attempt to register the mark CHANEL for condominium and other real-estate services on grounds of dilution.More

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Representative Experience

  • Representative client brands include Parfums Christian Dior, Estée Lauder, Guerlain, BeautiControl, Neutrogena, Clinique, Origins, MAC, Colgate, SoftSoap, Speed Stick, Harry’s, Bliss, Jergens, Listerine, John Frieda, BandAid, Palmolive and Acuvue

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  • Fross Zelnick Attorneys Successful in Opposition Proceeding Filed On Behalf of Client MAC Cosmetics

    August 4, 2022

    On behalf of client Estée Lauder Cosmetics, Ltd.—owner of the MAC trademark for cosmetics and skin care products—the firm successfully opposed in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office an application to register the mark MCCOSMETICS NY that covered cosmetics.More

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