Well, in the Southern District Court of New York, we’re representing a clothing designer that is suing a discount retailer and manufacturer for copyright and trade dress infringement.
In the Eastern District Court of NY, we’re representing a games manufacturer against a competitor in an unfair competition and cybersquatting action.
Also in the EDNY, we’re defending a domain name registrar against a former domain name registrant, who has alleged a variety of putative torts and quasi contractual claims.
In the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, we’re defending a manufacturer against claims by a standards organization that is administering a software standard conceived, developed and named by our client that the standards organization owns the mark.
Also in the TTAB, we’re defending a restaurant against a competitor’s claims that periods of nonuse by our client’s predecessor in interest consitute abandonment notwithstanding evidence of efforts to resum use.
We have several UDRPs going, representing trademark owners, famous and otherwise.
We have various and sundry matters on-going, including various enforcement activities, negotiation of trademark licenses, and opinion letters regarding the protection of unconventional trademarks.
Thanks for asking.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 14, 2006
IACC HOLDS ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE IN DALLAS
Leading Experts to Discuss Anticounterfeiting Issues and Strategies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the largest international organization devoted to combating product counterfeiting and piracy, will hold its 2006 Annual Fall Conference October 4-6 at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Leaders in the anticounterfeiting field, including intellectual property lawyers, brand protection managers, private investigators and security managers, will discuss efforts to stop counterfeiting.
Rene Albury of the Software & Information Industry Association will be among the conference’s well-respected keynote speakers. Representatives from Authentix, Calvin Klein, General Motors, Seven For All Mankind, and many other leading brands will lead panel discussions.
Experts will share strategies and best practices during special break-out sessions and roundtables covering various industries affected by piracy – from automotive to luxury goods, from pharmaceuticals to electronics, and many more. Additional sessions will offer the latest efforts to fight counterfeiting in foreign countries.
Guests will also have an opportunity to meet with IACC’s new president, Nils Montan, former Vice President of Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Warner Bros.
To register, download the registration form at www.iacc.org/Conferences.html.
Facts about the problem of counterfeiting:
– The problem has grown over 10,000 percent in the last 20 years.
– Counterfeit goods are estimated by the World Customs Organization to make up between 5 and 7 percent of all global trade.
– The profits from counterfeiting have been linked to funding organized crime, drug trafficking and terrorism.
– The estimated annual sales in counterfeit products worldwide is $600 billion.
– 68 percent of counterfeit goods (ranked in dollar value) seized by U.S. Customs originated in either China or Hong Kong in 2004.
About the IACC:
The International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) is the largest international organization devoted solely to combating product counterfeiting and piracy. Comprised of a cross section of business and industry – from autos, apparel, luxury goods, and pharmaceuticals, to food, software and entertainment – the IACC’s members’ combined annual revenues exceed $650 billion. The IACC develops and conducts training for domestic and foreign law enforcement officials, submits comments on intellectual property enforcement laws and regulations in the United States and abroad and participates in regional and international programs aimed at improving intellectual property enforcement standards.
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From the Corrections & Amplifications in today’s Wall Street Journal:
“When a ball is passed toward the Opponent’s goal line in soccer, an attacking player who is even with the next-to-last defender or with the last two defenders is in a legal position. The “On Sports” column in Friday’s Weekend Journal imprecisely said that players who are even with the last defender aren’t considered off-side in that situation.”

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Textile World reports that Linq Industrial Fabrics has registered the color blue. Reg. no. 3097115 covers: synthetic resinous fabrics for use in the manufacturer of bulk container in the nature of bags and wraps for industrial use.”
The description of the mark (pictured above) in the registration is:
“The color blue is claimed as a feature of the mark. The color blue appears throughout the mark as it is a part of the goods. The mark consists of the color blue as applied to the goods themselves. The broken lining in the drawing serves to show the position of the mark on the fabric goods and is not a part of the mark itself.”
The mark as applied to the goods looks like this:
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