We have considerable experience with domain names and social media issues, whether it is guiding you through the maze of generic gTLDs, handling UDRP disputes, advising on keyword advertising issues, addressing anonymous acquisitions of web addresses, or the recovery of trademarks from trademark “squatters.”

We develop, implement and enforce take-down strategies for brand owners on social media and online marketplaces. Through our extensive experience, we help clients develop efficient and effective brand enforcement plans. We have experience managing global and regional brand enforcement actions and investigations.

Our team has added value to clients’ trademark portfolios by providing strategic guidance throughout the clearance and prosecution lifecycles, and developing effective enforcement strategies that are tailored to each particular client’s needs and designed to achieve the most efficient (and favorable) results possible.

We can support you by:

• Monetizing trademarks whether through an acquisition or a sale
• Assessing trademark portfolios to determine the value of licensing and strategic partnerships

We cost-effectively manage domestic and worldwide trademark portfolios and attend to all matters, from clearance to registration to maintenance. We regularly counsel clients on their portfolio and enforcement strategy, and we develop smart and cost-effective policing programs. We capitalize on our longstanding relationships with foreign associates in jurisdictions where we lack personnel on the ground.

We drill down in clearance, providing both legal and practical advice as to the risks associated with the citations we find. We also collaborate with clients to develop trademark-filing strategies that will provide the necessary trademark protection, understanding the limits of trademark laws in foreign jurisdictions. We have established processes to efficiently and effectively get applications on file, and process legalizations, power of attorneys, and other required documents, and to efficiently move our clients’ trademark applications to registration.

Our experienced trademark litigators regularly bring to court and defend trademark infringement, dilution, trade dress, false advertising and unfair competition cases, as well as opposition and cancellation proceedings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the UK, French and German Intellectual Property Offices.

We also have experience pursuing and defending domain name UDRP proceedings and recovery of trademarks from trademark “squatters” who register other companies’ trademarks in “first to file” countries (which are most countries around the world other than the United States, and a few other common law countries).

Our attorneys have extensive experience handling these cases in courts and trademark offices around the world, and have deep familiarity with the necessary survey designs and survey experts. We are also very effective at successfully resolving these matters through mediation, or winning at the preliminary injunction, summary judgment, or trial phase, if necessary.