Attorney Referral List

Trademark and Copyrights Litigation

Examples of trademark disputes handled by firm attorneys include:

  • Representing well-known publishing and entertainment company in asserting trademark infringement and unfair competition actions against Internet portals for the sale of trademarks as keywords and the use of the trademarks to display deceptive advertising and divert Internet traffic.

  • Representing leading developer of database software in a high-profile litigation involving trademark and copyright claims.

  • Representing publisher in trademark infringement litigation against an anonymous distributor of "spam" e-mail.

  • Representing leading international magazine publisher in a highly publicized 2-1 arbitration decision recovering ESQUIRE.COM from cybersquatter.

  • Representing multi-national entertainment company in a notable arbitration decision recovering VIVENDIUNIVERSALSUCKS.COM from cybersquatter.

  • Representing publicly traded personal products company in trademark infringement action and obtaining preliminary injunction.

  • Representing recognized watch manufacturer and internationally renowned clothing manufacturer in counterfeiting action and obtaining seizure.

  • Representing machine tool manufacturer against an importer of "knock-off" merchandise and obtaining one million dollar damage award for trademark infringement and unfair competition.

  • Representing four computer programmers in action brought by leading clothing distributor for trademark infringement.

Reported trademark cases handled by firm attorneys:

  • Vivendi Universal v. Mr. Jay David Sallen and GO247.COM, INC., 2001 UDRP LEXIS 1265 (WIPO Case No. D2001-1121, Nov. 7, 2001) (obtained transfer of vivendiuniversalsucks.com)

  • Playtex Prods. v. First Quality Hygienic, 965 F. Supp. 339 (E.D.N.Y. 1996) (obtained preliminary injunction with respect to breach of agreement to develop, install and implement an integrated computerized inventory management system)

  • American Std. v. Toeppen, No. 96-2147, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14451 (C.D. Ill. Sept. 3, 1996) (defendant enjoined from using American Standard's trademark)

  • Metro Kane Imports, Ltd. v. Federated Dep't Stores, Inc., 625 F. Supp. 313 (S.D.N.Y. 1985) (plaintiff's Lanham Act claim not barred by collateral estoppel)

  • Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Excite, Inc., 55 F. Supp. 2d 1070 (C.D. Cal. 1999); and Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Excite, Inc., No. CV 99-320, No. CV 99-321, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13418 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 14, 2000) (sale of trademarked terms of keywords) (appeal pending before Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)

  • Clinique Labs., Inc. v. DEP Corp., 945 F. Supp. 547 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) (plaintiff proved trademark infringement)

  • Clamp Manufacturing Co. v. Enco Manufacturing Co., 870 F.2d 512 (9th Cir. 1989) (affirming injunction and one million dollar damage award for trademark infringement and unfair competition)