Insights on Trademark
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On August 28, New York Partner and Chairperson of the USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee, Marylee Jenkins, was quoted in Law360 regarding the week-long outage of the USPTO’s online patent filing system earlier in the month.
Forty Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2019.
Complex Litigation and International Partner Malcolm McNeil served as a panelist during the California Fashion Association Seminar titled “What’s in a Name? Protecting Your Name on the Label!”
The 2018 edition of Legal 500 US has rated 50 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as national leaders in their field. In addition, 18 of the firm’s practice areas were ranked among the best in the country, including new recognition for the firm’s Trademark Litigation and White Collar groups.
Not only do decisions from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board now, in some circumstances, have a preclusive effect on federal litigation, the US District Court for the District of Delaware recently granted a motion to stay a federal court action pending the outcome of a TTAB proceeding.
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized 30 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as leaders in their field.
Arent Fox Managing Partner Cristina Carvalho Named Member of the Top 250 Women in IP List.
Court has granted partial summary judgment in a trade dress infringement and unfair competition case involving alleged knock-off bottle.
On March 22, 2018, President Trump signed a memorandum that marks the start of a multi-faceted trade offensive against China designed to respond to the Administration’s findings of misappropriation of US intellectual property and discriminatory technology licensing practices.
In a ceremony hosted on March 15, 2018 in New York City, Arent Fox LLP was named Managing Intellectual Property’s Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year for the Northeast region.
The Trademark Trial and Appeals Board recently refused registration of a mark incorporating an image of a puppy due to a prior registration of a mark consisting of an image of a puppy with its paw on a roll of toilet paper. Both marks were in connection with toilet paper.
Arent Fox LLP’s Trademark practice has been recognized as one of the best in the country by World Trademark Review.
The US Court of Appeals ruled that Lanham Act’s statutory ban on “immoral or scandalous” trademarks violates the First Amendment and is thus unconstitutional.
Arent Fox LLP recently served as outside counsel to Rakuten Inc. in a multi-year partnership with the Golden State Warriors and the National Basketball Association.
Ice cream truck franchising company, Mister Softee Inc., recently filed suit against a former franchisee claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition.
Forty-two Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2018.
Arent Fox LLP recently served as outside counsel to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority’s Transbay Transit Center, advising the complex on a 25-year naming rights agreement with San Francisco-headquartered Salesforce.
On June 17, 2017, the Supreme Court struck down the disparagement clause of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act on the grounds that it violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. Matal v. Tam, 582 U.S. ____ (2017).
A dispute that began with an unauthorized burger placed on a menu by a licensee recently culminated in the dismissal of the latest lawsuit between feuding factions of Benihana, the Japanese teppanyaki restaurant chain.
An Illinois federal court recently awarded the Canadian retailer Moose Knuckles a $52 million default judgment related to claims of trademark infringement, counterfeiting, and cybersquatting by 26 Chinese defendants.
In a non-precedential ruling, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB or Board) held that the mark 100 PERCENT WINE for wine is likely to be confused with CENTO PER CENTO for wine in light of a likelihood of confusion analysis which included applying the doctrine of foreign equivalents.
New York partner Michelle Marsh was recently quoted in an article by Inside Counsel that explores the trademark infringement lawsuits associated with the Oscars.
Arent Fox LLP’s Trademark practice has been recognized as one of the best in the country by World Trademark Review.
In the wake of the legalization of cannabis in the state of California following last week’s election, it is important for businesses to take stock of several legal issues as opportunities within this burgeoning market continue to grow.
Twenty Arent Fox LLP practices have been recognized in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” rankings that are published annually by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.