Our lawyers have substantial experience in handling intellectual property litigation involving trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and unfair competition. 

 

The firm has an extensive trademark and service mark prosecution practice.  We routinely handle trademark registrations throughout the world, and in the United States for global clients.  GTTC lawyers work with clients to devise the best strategy to protect their intellectual property rights.  We prepare and prosecute trademark and copyright registrations; prosecute and defend registrations before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; and bring and defend infringement actions in the courts.  To assist our clients, we have prepared a Primer On Trademark Law

 

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Large settlement in trademark Infringement case

Al Van Kampen represented a Seattle company in a federal trademark infringement and licensing case.  After defeating multiple dismissal motions and focused discovery, the client received a multimillion dollar settlement.

TTAB Decision dismissing trademark opposition filed by Fortune 50 company

A Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition was filed against a small regional  company’s trademark application.  Al Van Kampen tried the case before the TTAB and was successful in defeating the opposition, registering the client’s trademark and recovering an infringement settlement.