As part of Fross Zelnick’s quarterly CLE series, Laura Popp-Rosenberg and Todd Martin conducted a CLE entitled Online Threats: Strategies to Identify, Report, and Prevent Infringing Content and Phishing, in which they discussed how bad actors frequently appropriate intellectual property,More
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Fross Zelnick Again Tops Chambers Global IP Rankings
As in previous years, Chambers Global‘s 2021 edition gave Fross Zelnick its highest ranking – Band 1 – in the category of Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets.
Chambers Global ranks the top lawyers and law firms in over 200 jurisdictions across the world,More
Fross Zelnick Again Tops WTR Rankings; 19 Lawyers Recognized
In its 2021 edition, World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 once again praised Fross Zelnick while ranking the firm at the top in both the Prosecution and Strategy as well as the Enforcement and Litigation categories, and listing 19 Fross Zelnick partners among the best.More
Allison Strickland Ricketts Discusses Registration Refusals in Live Webinar
Allison Strickland Ricketts participated in a live Strafford webinar “Refusal of Trademark Registration.” The webinar focused on refusals NOT based on likelihood of confusion or descriptiveness, but will include matters involving suspensions, specimens, domicile addresses, post-registration audits, and disclaimers. More
Craig Mende Judges INTA Moot Court Competition
On February 6, Craig Mende served as an oral argument judge in the Eastern Regional portion of the International Trademark Association’s Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, the premier trademark moot court competition in the United States. Due to the pandemic, this year’s competition was held in virtual courtrooms.More
Articles And Published Works
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Developments: Eurasian Economic Union Agreements on Intellectual Property
The Eurasian Economic Union was created in 1994, culminating in the 2014 Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The current members of this trading block are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Russian Federation, plus three observer states (Cuba,More
New Legislation: CASE Act and Protecting Lawful Streaming Act
H.R.133 — 116th Congress (2020)
On December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), better known as the Omnibus Spending and COVID-19 Relief bill, into law. The Act incorporated trademark and copyright protection provisions,More
New Legislation: Trademark Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings
On December 27, 2020, the United States enacted the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) of 2020. The TMA, which will be implemented by December 27, 2021, aims to remove unused marks from the U.S. federal trademark register. In turn,More
New Legislation: Presumption Resumption – Rebuttable Presumption of Irreparable Harm Reintroduced in Trademark Injunctive Relief Actions
Buried deep within Congress’s December 21, 2020, COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending bill is the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (the “Trademark Act of 2020”). The Trademark Act of 2020 amends several provisions of the Lanham Act to streamline trademark litigation and address issues of abuse that have plagued the United States Patent and Trademark Office.More
European Union: DUCK … DUCK… GO! The Popular Search Engine Wins Invalidation Action against Pirate’s Identical Registration in the EU
Many of us are familiar with the children’s game “Duck Duck Goose:” A circle of children, all sitting with their legs tucked, eager to spring up once they are selected with a mighty thump on their head and the yell of “Goose!” and off they go….More
Events
Laura Popp-Rosenberg & Todd Martin Discuss Online Threats in CLE
As part of Fross Zelnick’s quarterly CLE series, Laura Popp-Rosenberg and Todd Martin conducted a CLE entitled Online Threats: Strategies to Identify, Report, and Prevent Infringing Content and Phishing, in which they discussed how bad actors frequently appropriate intellectual property,More
Allison Strickland Ricketts Discusses Registration Refusals in Live Webinar
Allison Strickland Ricketts participated in a live Strafford webinar “Refusal of Trademark Registration.” The webinar focused on refusals NOT based on likelihood of confusion or descriptiveness, but will include matters involving suspensions, specimens, domicile addresses, post-registration audits, and disclaimers. More
James Weinberger Moderates INTA Panel
At the INTA Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting, James Weinberger moderated the panel entitled Brand Authenticity: Reacting to Social Movements Quickly and Appropriately. The panel discussed issues related to the intersection of trademark practice and social movements and the unique challenge lawyers face in advising their clients.More
Tamar Niv Bessinger Speaks on INTA Panel
At the INTA Annual Meeting & Annual Leadership Meeting, Tamar Niv Bessinger spoke on a panel entitled Practical Ethics Issues for Copyright and Trademark Lawyers. The panel provided guidance and resources concerning situations faced by attorneys in the context of pretext investigations,More
Allison Strickland Ricketts Discusses Post-Registration Audit at Alt Legal Connect
At the Alt Legal Connect Conference, Allison Strickland Ricketts presented an update on the USPTO post-registration audit. Allison described the results of the audit, which was put in place to eliminate deadwood on the USPTO’s register, and explained how to help clients prepare for a successful audit.More