Tiffany helps clients protect brands through strategic intellectual property portfolio management and enforcement. She advises clients on complex brand protection, copyright, advertising, and social media issues.
In our last post on extraterritorial injunctions, we examined a recent decision from Hong Kong and how a brand owner was able to successfully enjoin infringers in mainland China. We will now look at a recent case in the U.S. and how the brand owner…
Foreign brand owners whose brands are being infringed in other countries may have an avenue to pursue extraterritorial injunctions. In this two part post, we examine how two courts: one in Hong Kong and the other in the U.S. have recently ruled to enforce injunctions…
Have you ever been to an indoor cycling class? If so, you most likely have heard the term “spin class,” or referred to the act itself as “spinning.” Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc. would take offense, however, calling such uses infringement unless the studio is an…
Last week we quickly pivoted from watching the 24/7 “Map Show” to spending our screen time learning at the ANA 2020 Marketing Law Conference. It was a great three days in Chicago in our pajamas of educational seminars. If you didn’t make it this year,…
If you’ve never had insomnia, consider yourself lucky. For the rest of us still awake at 3:00 am trying to count sheep, the promise of a plush mattress made out of clouds seems like a dream come true. With social distancing measures now in place,…
On March 26, 2020, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court (the “SPC”), the highest court in China and thus China’s equivalent to the United States Supreme Court, issued its re-trial decision, giving Michael Jordan an assist against Registration No. 6020578 for the mark “Qiaodan in Chinese…
Fleet Feet, Inc. is a national running equipment retail store chain and owner of the trademarks CHANGE EVERYTHING and RUNNING CHANGES EVERYTHING for retail sporting goods stores and athletic apparel and related goods and services. According to the company website, the company espouses the core…
Who doesn’t love a secret menu, where one discovers delicious off-menu favorites and savors them along with the pleasure of feeling in the know? We’ll let you in on a “secret menu” of sorts for trademarks. A little known area of trademark law involves protection…
If you missed the 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association in Boston, or if you were there but were spending time with colleagues and friends, the Dorsey trademark team is here to provide a brief overview of some interesting seminars we attended and…
On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court settled the question of whether licensees under trademark agreements rejected by bankruptcy debtors may continue to use licensed marks. In a highly anticipated decision in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, the Supreme Court ruled that…
Jeffrey CadwellJeff advises clients on the availability, registrability, and stre...
Michael KeyesJ. Michael Keyes is an intellectual property attorney with exten...
Kaleb McNeelyAs a partner in the Trial Group, Kaleb practices primarily in the ...
Sarah RobertsonSarah has over fifteen years’ experience helping clients prot...
Fara SunderjiFara assists clients in the development and execution of all type...
Charlene KroghCharlene Krogh is a Partner in Dorsey’s top-ranked Tradem...
Evan EveristEvan is a partner in Dorsey’s Trademark, Copyright and Adverti...
