Mr Edward Colbert > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Edward Colbert
Work Department
Advertising Compliance and Counseling, Advertising Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation, Issues and Appeals, Retail and Consumer Products Litigation, Class Action, Multidistrict Litigation, International Arbitration and Transnational Litigation, Rocket Docket Practice (e.g. US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and Western District of Wisconsin), Mergers and Acquisitions due diligence, Copyright Counseling and Litigation, Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions, Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation, Trademark – Non-Contentious, Trademark Proceedings, Litigation
Position
Special Counsel
Career
Mr. Colbert has significant experience in domestic and international intellectual property licensing and acquisitions, and manages the trademark portfolios of leading retailers, companies and organizations worldwide.
Mr. Colbert has more than 30 years of experience handling litigation, licensing and other adversarial proceedings concerning all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks and copyrights, false advertising, unfair competition and trade secrets. Recently he has served as lead counsel securing judgement against Pinterest in the ND Cal and illuminating the use of terminology for Internet functions, and in an early Zoom based trial on behalf of Constellation (Mondavi) in the ND Cal, with attorneys and witnesses from San Diego to New York participating. That latter matter also resulted in the largest attorney fee award made in a Lanham Act case in 2021.
His comfort and skill in the courtroom have enabled him to successfully represent banks and financial services companies, electronic/Internet commerce providers and entertainment companies, as well as manufacturers of medical devices and products, basic chemicals, petroleum products, and general consumer merchandise supply companies, including those in the apparel, food and beverage businesses. He has developed extensive experience in the use of consumer research and marketing expert testimony, including surveys in consumer cases. Mr. Colbert regularly presents articles, programs and speeches about a wide variety of topics, including trademark infringement, dilution, cybersquatting, extension of copyrights in collective works, and copyright parodies, in connection with which he recently filed a successful amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court of the United States support of the Petitioner, Jack Daniels, in the 2023 case against VIP Products – a maker of humorous toys making infringing use of famous trademarks and trade dress. The result of that case was a reversal of the 9th Circuit reliance on and a significant restriction on the use of the Rogers v. Grimaldi test. He is also well versed in the issues arising from concerted refusals to deal, and market definitions in a variety of markets including general retail and entertainment industries.
Memberships
Admitted to the District of Columbia, Maryland and New York State Bars
Education
- JD, University of Maryland School of Law, with honors, Maryland Law Review, 1972
- AB, University of Maryland, 1970
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
Capable of advising clients across all phases of litigation, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP enjoys a strong grounding in ex parte appeals of examination and inter partes challenges to applications at the TTAB alongside considerable experience in managing opposition and cancellation proceedings. John Gary Maynard and Tyler Maddry spearhead the practice from the firm’s Washington DC office. Operating from the firm’s New York office, Jeremy Boczko is active across federal and administrative courts and Armin Ghiam capitalizes on his background in law, finance, and tech to advise clients across the full IP life cycle, from pre-suit investigations and mediation, to trial proceedings. In Washington DC, seasoned litigator Edward Colbert continues to be entrusted by financial services, entertainment, and consumer goods companies, while Erik C. Kane possesses considerable experience in federal courts, state courts, the ITC, and the TTAB. Other key figures include Richmond’s Stephen Demm and New York’s Jonathan Reichman.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings