Sandy's practice focuses on trademarks and unfair competition, copyright and advertising law, providing clients with a full range of services to help them sell, advertise and promote their products. She has extensive experience in brand name clearance and trademark portfolio management, advertising claims review and counseling on advertising and promotional content in both traditional and social media. LinkedIn
With Thanksgiving behind us and the holiday season in full swing, many of us will be dining out at local restaurants and picking up sumptuous desserts to bring to dinner parties. Looking for restaurant and bakery suggestions? Look no further than Instagram. A recent article in continue reading...
The federal court for the Northern District of California has denied permanent injunctive relief in a lawsuit for trademark infringement and dilution brought by Pinterest against the use of the mark PINTRIPS for a website-based travel planning service. Pinterest, Inc. v. Pintrips, Inc., 13-cv-04608 (N.D. continue reading...
Longstanding interpretation of the Copyright Act establishes that recipes are not copyrightable. The reasoning for this determination is twofold: cooking ingredients are considered statements of fact, and instructions for food preparation are deemed merely functional directions. A recent appellate court involving a plaintiff with the continue reading...
Grammar guides advise that “compare to” is the proper formulation when two things are similar — as in “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” — whereas “compare with” should be used to point out dissimilarity or contrast. In the legal context, both NAD continue reading...
This past summer, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued two decisions providing valuable insights on how the TTAB should evaluate evidence of third party marks and compare marks as a whole in the likelihood of confusion analysis in opposition proceedings. See Juice Generation, continue reading...
A recent New York Times article serves as a helpful reminder that the use of a person’s name or photograph for commercial advertising and promotional purposes, without the person’s consent, would likely violate state right of publicity laws and potentially contravene a company’s privacy policy continue reading...
A recent NAD decision addresses the issue of when an advertising claim is “sensory“ in nature and can be supported by consumer perception evidence, and when a claim is a product performance claim, requiring objective testing for substantiation. See Kimberly-Clark Corp., Report #5866 (July 17, continue reading...
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