Online Counterfeiting and Infringements: Pursuing Trademark and Design Patent Infringers
Monitoring Social Media Sites, Identifying Legitimate Goods With Registries
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide strategies for IP counsel to monitor and protect against online sales of counterfeit products. The panel will examine brand registries that identify legitimate brand goods, review lessons from recent cases, and offer best practices for stopping online infringers.
Outline
- Current trends and recent cases in online counterfeiting
- Trademarks
- Design patents
- Use of social media
- Brand registries to identify and protect brands
- Amazon
- eBay
- Others
- Best practices for stopping online infringers
Benefits
The panel will review these and other notable issues:
- Current trends in online counterfeiting
- Strategies for policing trademarks and designs to identify and stop counterfeiters
- Steps for IP counsel to pursue legal action against online counterfeiters
Faculty
Christopher V. Carani
Shareholder
McAndrews Held & Malloy
Mr. Carani is nationally recognized in the field of design law, regarding the protection and enforcement of aesthetic... | Read More
Mr. Carani is nationally recognized in the field of design law, regarding the protection and enforcement of aesthetic design through the use of design patents, copyrights and trade dress. A registered attorney before the USPTO, Mr. Carani secures and enforces design rights for some of the world’s most design-centric companies and designers. He has litigated design right cases in subject matter areas ranging from footwear and apparel to medical devices and furniture. In 2016, IAM Magazine included Mr. Carani in its IAM 1000 referring to him as one of the U.S.’s “pre-eminent design law experts.” He is currently the Chair of the AIPPI Design Rights Committee and former Chair of both the ABA’s Design Rights Committee and AIPLA Committee on Industrial Designs. Mr. Carani is the Editor-in-Chief of the forthcoming book entitled “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection.” The book will be published in October of 2017 by publisher Walters Klowers N.V.
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Howard S. Hogan
Partner, Chair Consumer and Retail Practice Group
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Mr. Hogan’s practice focuses on IP litigation and counseling, including trademark, false advertising, copyright,... | Read More
Mr. Hogan’s practice focuses on IP litigation and counseling, including trademark, false advertising, copyright, right of publicity, licensing, trade secret, and patent matters. He has represented various corporations and individuals in a broad range of industries, including fashion, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, financial services, sports, entertainment, transportation, and online services. A significant portion of Mr. Hogan’s practice involves computer, Internet, and new media-related issues. Many of his matters have tested the application of traditional legal principles to the Internet and emerging technologies, such as in connection with issues of Internet jurisdiction, online contracting, and the application of trademark and copyright law to search engines, social media, mobile apps, and artificial intelligence. Mr. Hogan has been involved in cutting edge matters concerning the protection of data, and he has assisted clients with several substantial trade secrets and information security matters. He also represents clients in connection with rights of publicity, NIL rights, and the developing legal framework that governs uses of digital replicas.
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Monica Riva Talley
Director, Head of Trademark & Brand Protection Practice
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
For more than 25 years Ms. Talley has specialized in strategic trademark counseling and portfolio enhancement,... | Read More
For more than 25 years Ms. Talley has specialized in strategic trademark counseling and portfolio enhancement, developing anti-counterfeiting solutions and strategies, and resolving trademark disputes. She is particularly sought after for her expertise in enforcing brand rights against infringers and counterfeiters seeking to profit from her clients’ well-known brands. In addition to managing her robust practice, Ms. Talley has worked as an adjunct professor teaching trademark law at The George Washington University Law School. She also frequently speaks and writes on trademark issues to a variety of public and private audiences and has been active for many years in leading IP organizations, including the INTA and the Intellectual Property Owner’s Association (IPO). She is the Vice Chair of IPO’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee and Co-Chair of AIPLA’s Cannabis Tech Subcommittee and serves on INTA’s Brands and Innovation Committee.
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