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Provided by Richard Lehv

USA

Practice Areas

Trademark

Litigation

Copyright

Career

Few trademark and copyright litigators are as successful and well-known as Richard Lehv. For more than 40 years, he has handled cases involving trademark, copyright, trade dress infringement, and comparative and false advertising, including some of the most-cited cases in these fields. And because adversaries know of Richard’s experience and reputation, he often is able to resolve contentious matters quickly and favorably, without extensive litigation.

Richard has deep experience using consumer surveys to establish evidence relating to advertising messages, likelihood of confusion, and secondary meaning – and has successfully challenged the validity of surveys used by other parties in litigation. He also has considerable experience negotiating and drafting high-tech license agreements.

In federal and state trial and appellate courts across the country, and in the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Richard represents clients across a wide range of industries including entertainment, luxury goods, consumer goods, financial services, pharmaceuticals, jewelry, cosmetics, apparel, and toys. He also serves as a mediator in trademark infringement cases.

Richard is a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches a seminar on trademark and copyright litigation, and he speaks widely on these subjects before professional organizations.

Professional Memberships

International Trademark Association (INTA) (Member, Panel of Mediators, 2012-present)

Copyright Society of the U.S.A. (Trustee and Member of Executive Committee, 1999-2002)

Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Copyright and Literary Property, 1983-1986; Committee on Legal Assistance, 1977-1981)

Brooklyn Law School, Adjunct Associate Professor, 1994-2004

Publications

International Comparative Legal Guide to Trademarks 2023, contributed the U.S. chapter with Karen Lim

Awards

WTR 1000 "Luminaries" Award, 2020-2023

World Trademark Review

2023

Education

Columbia Law School

JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

1972

Industry Sector Expertise

"Nothing Compares to Using Others’ Brands?: Limitations of comparative advertising", Alt Legal Connect, February 2023

"What an IP Lawyer Needs to Know about the Colorful World of NFTs", Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings ("GOTTM's") in IP and unfair competition at Leiden University, April 2022

Fashion Law Defined Panel, University of Iowa College of Law, November 2021

NFTs, CLE Presentation for NYC Bar Fashion Law Committee, May 2021

Clients

Lacoste Alligator S.A.

Sanofi

IKEA

RIU Hotels

Tupperware

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