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The New York-based Intellectual Property practice of Dorsey encompasses all related areas of expertise including trademarks, copyrights, and patents and handles all the contentious and non-contentious issues faced by their clients in New York, across the U.S. and globally. The New York Dorsey Trademark Practice Group specializes in:

...Representation of clients in proceedings before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in federal court litigation and arbitration proceedings concerning trademark infringement and dilution, unfair competition, trade dress protection, false advertising, copyright infringement, internet disputes and licensing disputes....False advertising review, counseling, litigation, and NAD proceedings.
...Counseling in the creation, selection, clearance, use, registration, enforcement, maintenance and licensing of trademark rights in the United States and worldwide.
...Domain name registration, renewal, transfer and enforcement; recovery of domain names from infringers and cyber squatters.
...Management of domestic and international trademark portfolios.
...Strategic positioning of technology, trademarks or copyrighted products through licensing programs that complement and expand upon core business operations.

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Dorsey & Whitney LLP is a diverse practice representing a number of global brands in copyright, trademarks and transactional matters. The firm provides adept counsel on litigation and portfolio management issues. The team, is well versed in handling domain name registration issues and cybersquatting concerns, and also maintains expertise in false advertising, trade dress and unfair competition matters, among other areas.

Work Highlights

  • Dorsey & Whitney represented Procter & Gamble in a lawsuit brought by The Scotts Company alleging trade dress infringement and dilution, in connection to the launch of an herbicide produce named SPRUCE.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Bruce Ewing
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Bruce Ewing
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Band 2

Bruce Ewing cochairs the firm's IP litigation group and offers demonstrable expertise in handling disputes arising out of alleged infringement. His client base includes household-name companies from the pharmaceutical and technology sectors.

Bruce is a really excellent a trial lawyer who is extremely sharp.

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Fara Sunderji
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Up and Coming

Fara Sunderji is commended for her work on matters pertaining to trademarks, social media and advertising law. She represents a broad client base, including those in the pharmaceuticals, publishing and financial services industries.

Fara is truly exceptional. She combines deep technical expertise in trademark and brand protection with an extraordinary ability to deliver clear, actionable advice under the tightest deadlines. She is a true strategic partner to our business.

Fara really understands the balance of branding questions and picks her battles well.

Fara is awesome. She is personable, user-friendly and gives straight-forward answers.

Fara is a very impressive IP lawyer and a pleasure to work with.

Fara is very sophisticated and considers issues from a practical perspective.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets

Bruce Ewing
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Bruce Ewing
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Band 2
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Fara Sunderji
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Up and Coming

Members

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Clients

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Boston Beer Corp. (Samuel Adams)

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Jaguar Land Rover

MasterCard International Incorporated

McKee Foods Corporation

Roma Dining LLC and Romacorp, Inc.

SCA Americas Inc.

SIGA Technologies

The Procter & Gamble Co.

World Trade Centers Association, Inc.

Industries

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SCA Americas Inc.