ENFORCE

If a client's trademark rights are violated or compromised, Patton Boggs takes action to enforce those valuable rights through litigation or other means, as appropriate. Possible strategies include cease and desist letters, litigation, preliminary injunctions, seizure orders, domain name dispute resolutions, and/or appropriate actions. Conversely, if a client is accused of infringement, Patton Boggs takes appropriate actions to defend our client's rights and business.

Representative enforcement matters have included:

• Obtaining preliminary injunctions to halt distribution of infringing high fashion leather goods and other products.
  
  
• Bringing an infringement case on behalf of the nation's largest air conditioning repair company against the second-largest company.
  
  
• Implementing trademark enforcement programs to guard against misuse of a celebrity client's persona and marks.
  
• Implementing a national enforcement program to halt the unauthorized use of a labor union's logo.
  
  
• Working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other law enforcement agencies in investigating and prosecuting suspected counterfeit products.
  
  
• Bringing seizure and preliminary injunction actions against counterfeit products.
  
  
• Working with eBay^® and other Internet companies to protect our clients' marks from infringement and misuse on the Internet.
  
  
• Investigating video piracy, obtaining injunctions, and seizing thousands of pirated videotapes being rented by retail establishments.
  
  
• Serving as lead counsel in a key Supreme Court case involving the interplay between the Federal Lanham Trademark Act and the 11th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
  
  
• Defending a retail client against an infringement action that would have disrupted sales during the critical holiday season.
  
  
• Obtaining transfers of infringing domain names under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.