Key Matters
- Reddi Beverage Company, LLC v. Floral Beverages, LLC (N.D. Ill.) – defeated two motions for preliminary injunction and successfully resolved trademark infringement and related claims with minimal business disruption and the ability to continue using the challenged mark.
- TravelPass Group LLC, Partner Fusion Inc., et al. v. Marriott International, Inc., et al (E.D. Tex.) – successfully resolved a long-running litigation, in which TravelPass alleged Marriott violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Marriott counterclaimed that TravelPass engaged in trademark infringement and false advertising. After a 5-day jury trial, TravelPass issued a public acknowledgment that Marriott did not participate in any unlawful activity and a formal apology to Marriott for any harm to its reputation.
- CW Stockwell, Inc. v. Designer Wallcoverings, et al. (C.D. Cal.) – successfully enforced client’s intellectual property rights and negotiated a favorable, forward-looking settlement agreement that resolved client’s allegations of counterfeiting, trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising.
- Certain Oil Vaping Cartridges, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (International Trade Commission) – summary determination in favor of client on trademark infringement claims involving vaping cartridges.
- Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds (CRB) – successfully obtained an increase to client’s royalty share of an almost $1 billion dollar cable royalty fund.
- Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers v State of Missouri (16th Cir. Ct. of Jackson Cty) – obtained a permanent injunction, striking down several state abortion restrictions, and allowing procedural abortion to continue and medication abortion to become available for the first time since 2018.
- Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. v. Drew Hirshfeld and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (E.D. VA) – achieved federal registration of client’s trademark following the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s refusal to register based on an assertion that the mark was generic.
