TTAB Rulings on Trademark Infringement Cases: Preclusion Explored in 2015

Alex MacKay counsels clients in litigation and transactional matters involving intellectual property. She assists clients with the selection, adoption and registration of their trademarks as well as registration of copyrights. Alex represents clients in the enforcement of their intellectual property rights and has practiced before federal and state courts as well as the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She assists clients with a variety of transactional issues including those related to licensing of copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and other intellectual property rights.  Alex is listed in Best Lawyers in America®, Super Lawyers, IP Stars® and was selected as Lawyer of the Year in 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee for Copyright Law.  Alex also routinely authors blog posts on www.trademarkology.com, which was recognized by the ABA Journal as the #1 blog in the category of Intellectual Property in the publication’s eighth annual “Blawg 100” for 2014.

Mr. Cruzen’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including actions for patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and trade secret misappropriation.

Mr. Cruzen practiced appellate and intellectual property litigation at Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin in San Francisco from 1999-2003 and 2005-2007 before joining Klarquist. He served as a law clerk in the chambers of the United Nation’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2004 through the ICTR internship program.

James Hastings is Of Counsel to Collen IP. He is the author of the online publication, Trademark Opposition Lawyer, a helpful primer for brand owners and companies who are seeking to protect their trademark in contested proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  James’s insight on trademark opposition cases has been featured in Corporate Counsel and the LXBN network of legal publications.  James is an approved mediator of the International Trademark Association (INTA) Panel of Mediators, an alternative dispute resolution forum with approximately 150 mediators worldwide that works on behalf of INTA’s 6,500 member companies.

Brendan O'Rourke is a nationally recognized Trademark and Advertising litigator. He is a partner and co-chair of Proskauer's Litigation Department, as well as co-head of the False Advertising & Trademark Group. Brendan is a "go to" first-chair trial lawyer.  He provides day-to-day trademark, false advertising, and Lanham Act counseling to Fortune 500 companies, sports & entertainment industry clients, as well as start-ups and entrepreneurs. His experience includes all phases of trademark and false advertising counseling and litigation, including complex issues involving consumer survey research and claim substantiation, and inter parties proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal Circuit. Brendan is recognized by Chambers USA for both his trademark and advertising litigation practice, and Institutional Investor Magazine's Benchmark Litigation survey recognized Brendan as one of New York State's "litigation stars." He has chaired INTA's Leadership Meeting, Advanced Forum on the Trademark Law and Revisions Act, INTA's third annual "Trademarks in Cyberspace" forum, and other prominent trademark law conferences. Brendan received his JD from Fordham University School of Law and his BA, cum laude, from Boston College.