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Firm’s Boca Raton Attorneys Featured in The Boca Raton Observer
Meredith Frank Mendez (Partner) and Robert M. Downey (Of Counsel), who serve clients from the Firm’s office in Boca Raton, Florida, were featured in featured in The Boca Raton Observer. Read the full article here:...
Supreme Court to Hear: Bad Spaniels v. Jack Daniels
The Supreme Court will decide a trademark infringement case involving a dog toy company’s “Bad Spaniels” whiskey bottles, and Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Black Label Tennessee whiskey bottle. The $17 toy at issue depicts a cartoon spaniel, a reference to Jack Danie’s Old...
USPTO Shortens Response Time for Trademark Office Actions
In the wake of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) promulgated a new, shorter period for responding to Office Actions on trademark applications. The change flows directly from the USPTO’s amendment...
Banksy is Victorious in a European Union Trademark Case, Keeping Trademark Rights and Maintaining Anonymity
The European Union Board of Appeals recently overturned a 2021 decision by the EU’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that found Banksy’s trademark of his well-known graffiti ape “invalid in its entirety.” This appeal stemmed from an opposition filed back in 2019...
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Our team includes Registered Patent Attorneys, Trademark Portfolio Counselors, Intellectual Property Litigators, and a host of other IP Professionals. The Firm Is a Full-Service IP Law Boutique that guides clients through identifying IP assets, securing those rights in the U.S. and abroad, negotiating Licenses and other IP transactions, and capably enforcing IP or defending clients in Litigation.
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Our Firm was founded on a vision of Florida as the crossroads of the Americas, Intellectual Property as the cornerstone of our state’s unique international economy, focus on excellent legal work and ethics, strong relationships with Florida’s innovators and educators, and service to our vibrant community. Decades later, that vision endures.
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The Firm proudly represents leading corporations and universities in the U.S., as well as clients across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe, but we remain true to our roots as Florida’s Intellectual Property Law Firm. Our valued clients include countless local inventors, start-ups, and small businesses… and always will.