Trademark
We counsel clients during every stage from clearance, selection and adoption of the mark through prosecution and enforcement, both domestically and internationally. We also provide advice to clients regarding trademark licensing, portfolio management issues, trademark usage guidelines, and customs issues.
We lend our experience in trademark clearance procedures to clients during the crucial trademark selection stage in order to help them avoid potential obstacles and unnecessary expense during prosecution of the mark to registration. The Novak Druce trademark team brings a wealth of experience to the trademark prosecution process and regularly assists clients in the successful registration of their marks, in the United States and abroad. When necessary, we work with a select and experienced group of foreign counsel to help our clients realize their trademark registration goals in countries throughout the world. Novak Druce also routinely provides representation in cancellation and opposition proceedings in the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, to help our clients defend and protect their valuable trademark rights.
Our trademark litigation enforcement services include infringement and unfair competition litigation in federal courts. One of these cases, Enrique Bernat F. S.A. and S.A. Chupa Chups v Guadalajara, Inc, 21 F.3d 439 (5th Cir. 2000) is cited in MCCARTHY ON TRADEMARKS AND UNFAIR COMPETITION as a case of first impression and is the leading trademark case on the doctrine of foreign equivalents.