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“Our goal in creating the firm was professional excellence in a cordial, supportive environment. As our firm began to grow, we sought to add, very selectively, good people with exceptional lawyer skills. We’ve had great success protecting and enforcing some of the world’s best-known brands over the past 49 years, and we are known for that worldwide, but our reputation, as a firm of talented lawyers who are also good people, is also something I greatly value.”

Founding partner Ron Lehrman protected some of the world’s best known brands for more than 60 years. From trademark acquisition and enforcement – including special protection for famous marks – to licensing, unfair competition, and portfolio management, Ron is recognized as one of the leading international trademark lawyers of his time.

A frequent speaker around the world on international trademark protection, Ron’s successful litigations include a decision of the Supreme Court of Japan recapturing the TABASCO trademark from a Japanese trademark pirate, protecting the copyright and trademark of BOZO THE CLOWN in the Supreme Court of Mexico and, in the U.S. federal courts, protecting the trademarked ROLLS-ROYCE grill and Flying Lady hood ornament against sellers of kits to replicate those marks on Volkswagens and Chevrolets.

Ron received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Trademark Association in 2010.

Representative Experience

U.S.

  • Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. v. A&A Fiberglass, Inc., 428 F. Supp. 689 (1976)
  • Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. v. Custom Cloud Motors, Inc., 190 U.S.P.Q. 80 (SDNY 1976)

International

  • Decision of the Supreme Court of Japan resulting in the recapture of the TABASCO trademark from a Japanese trademark pirate. (McIlhenny Company v. Kaneki)
  • Decisions of the Supreme Court of Mexico canceling copyright and trademark registrations for BOZO THE CLOWN and enjoining the Mexican registrant from performing as the BOZO character.
  • “Reputation without use" cases brought on behalf of owners of marks which were well-known but not registered or used in the jurisdiction where suit was brought, including the Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey case in Australia, in which an injunction was obtained against a local circus using a version of the famous Ringling slogan THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Inc. v. Michael Edgely, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Equity Division, No. 157 of 1977), the PIZZA HUT case in Cyprus, which closed down an unauthorized "Pizza Hut" operation, and the recapture of the WHIRLPOOL mark in India.

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