经验

商标诉讼与审判

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我们经常在客户注册商标时为其提供咨询服务，并在选择和申办过程中提供颇具有前瞻性的建议，以避免或尽量减少诉讼。但一旦发生问题，宝贵的商标权遇到风险或遭到指控，您身边必须有经验丰富的诉讼律师为您出谋划策。本事务所受理的案件涵盖多种行业，涉及到所有类型的商标权。本事务所律师在商标诉讼方面有数十年经验，曾代表原告或被告处理在美国各级法院的各种规模的商标案件，涵盖多个行业并涉及全部类型的商标权，包括商标、服务标记、商业外观、产品配置、商业名称甚至是电话号码。我们经常参与USPTO及TTAB、联邦巡回上诉法庭、地区法院和其它法庭的诉讼。

由于拥有丰富的诉讼经验，无论案件是大是小，复杂或简单，本事务所律师总能找到最有利的解决方法。我们为不同规模的客户评估争议的潜在风险与回报，并提供独到的解决方案。

商标侵权与淡化

本事务所的诉讼业务涉及所有类型的商标侵权与淡化案件，包括商标、服务标记、商业外观、产品配置、商业名称、域名、文字、数字、颜色和电话号码。无论是选择客户胜诉概率最大的法院、提交驳回申请、及时获得临时限制令或禁制令、就案件达成和解、申请简易判决还是将案件付诸审理，我们都能以对客户有利的方式解决案件，并且在这方面的成绩有目共睹。我们的优势在于善于利用各种专家，协助客户加强其法律地位。多年来，我们与无数消费者调查专家合作，研究商标诉讼中的各种问题，包括商标混淆的可能性、商标淡化的可能性、通用性、引申涵义及名气。我们还善于与语言学、营销、消费心理学、行业惯例及损害赔偿等领域的专家合作。

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经验

Resolved litigation spanning three continents faced by video game company by negotiating a global settlement.

Argued on appeal at the Fourth Circuit that a trademark application for the design of Timberland’s classic 6-inch “Icon” boot should not have been refused by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The appeal is pending.

23-1150, 4th Cir.

After a four-day trial, secured a jury ruling for Under Armour that Armorina’s use of the ARMORINA mark constitutes trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trademark dilution.

1:19-cv-02417, D. Md., Judge Boardman

Represented Maglula Ltd. in a one-of-a-kind district court litigation including patent, trademark, and copyright claims over Maglula’s assertions that Amazon sold counterfeit consumer products. After the Court issued an order (i) denying Amazon’s motion for summary judgment; (ii) finding “Amazon's attempts to avoid liability … will have minimal impact before a jury”; (iii) reflecting the Court’s belief that "not [] even the most persuasive presentation of Amazon’s evidence would make one iota of difference to a jury”; and (iv) requiring the parties to engage in mediation, the parties entered into an agreement and the case was dismissed.

1:19-cv-01570, E.D. Va., Judge O'Grady

Represented defendants Kettenbach GmbH and Co. KG, Kettenbach LP and Xinial Systems GmbH and Co. KG in a case brought against the Defendants’ dental products for patent and trademark infringement, as well as false advertising, in the United States. After Defendants obtained a final written decision from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finding all asserted patent claims in the case to be unpatentable, the parties settled.

2:21-cv-06613, E.D.N.Y., Judge Reyes

Secured summary judgment of noninfringement for the American Retirement Association’s (ARA) use of its CPFA credential name and program.

3:19-cv-00012, W.D. Va., Judge Moon