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• Verizon GPL Settlement Highlights Necessity of Open Source Compliance
• New Patent Rules Significantly Alter U.S. Patent Prosecution Practice
• SCO Update
• Open Source Software GPLv2 vs. GPLv3

• Another Victory for Trademark Owners in Fight Against Gray Market Goods
• Verizon GPL Settlement Highlights Necessity of Open Source Compliance
• C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P.
• Google Settles Trademark Case Involving AdWords Program; Faces New Suit by American Airlines
• District Court Issues Interpretation of Open Source “Artistic License”; First U.S. Lawsuit Filed to Enforce GPL
• New Patent Rules Significantly Alter U.S. Patent Prosecution Practice
• SCO Update
• Open Source Software GPLv2 vs. GPLv3

Trademarks

Our lawyers advise clients on the selection, use, registration, protection, enforcement, licensing and transfers of trademarks and trade names. We help them derive the most value from their marks through effective portfolio management, and have litigated trademark disputes for both owners and licensees in federal and state courts.

Practice Profile

Representative Client Work

• Managed worldwide trademark portfolios for several large public and privately held companies
• Conducted domestic trademark enforcement program throughout New York and the Eastern United States on behalf of a manufacturer of premium blue jeans
• Conducted trademark protection program for The University of Notre Dame, which included seizing counterfeit merchandise bearing Notre Dame trademarks and unlicensed manufacturers
• Deployed anti-counterfeiting program for L'Koral Industries, the makers of  7 Jeans. Program included the seizure of over 1,400 pairs of highly sophisticated fake trademark jeans and the prevention of shipments of  counterfeit trademarked jeans from crossing U.S. borders