North America - United States • Intellectual property
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC
Counting Major League Baseball, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Maserati in its impressive client roster, ‘strategic and commercial’ Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC demonstrates considerable strength in handling trademark issues arising from the music, food, sports, hospitality, and consumer products sectors. Alongside this, the practice is particularly proficient in managing UDRP domain name proceedings and social media disputes for significant clients. Richard Mandel spearheads the practice, leveraging his more than 35 years of experience in the field to advise on false advertising, licensing, and domain name disputes, among others. Jonathan King is well-versed in assisting with trademark matters in the fashion, pharma, software and sports industries, while Kieran Doyle operates for a varied array of blue-chip clients in federal and state courts. Eric Shimanoff is noted for his handling of social media, websites, NFT, and virtual internet trademark, domain name, and false identification issues. Seasoned litigator Mary Kevlin has been involved in a diverse array of TTAB proceedings, and Maryann Licciardi focuses on trademark contested proceedings, litigation, prosecution, and domain name disputes. All listed lawyers are based in New York.
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Testimonials
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‘A really nice team: professional, helpful, and knowledgeable.’
‘Cowan Liebowitz & Latman know their stuff, and take a strategic and commercial approach, which is very helpful to us and our clients. They are also very responsive and really enjoyable to work with.'
'They are one of our go-to firms for US trademark work.’
‘The uniqueness of the practice is the personal attention given to every matter by the lawyers and paralegals.'
'Partners and associates always keep themselves updated on developments and will factor in these developments in their advice.’
‘I would like to mention Joel Schmidt, Eric Shimanoff, Richard Mandel, and Kieran Doyle. They are an absolute pleasure to work with and their attention to detail, timely responsiveness, and practical solutions are noteworthy.’
Key clients
- Barclays Bank PLC
- Conair Corporation
- Empire State Realty Trust
- G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (DKNY and Donna Karan)
- Hanky Panky Ltd.
- Henry Schein, Inc.
- Ithaka Harbors, Inc. (JSTOR and Artstor)
- Kars 4 Kids
- Major League Baseball
- Maxima Apparel Corp
- MCSI, Inc.
- National Audubon Society
- New York Public Library
- Newfold Digital, Inc.
- QVC, Inc.
- Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.
- S&P Global / Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Sotheby’s
- The Blackstone Group
- The Forward Fund, Inc.
- The Promotion in Motion Companies, Inc.
- Tri State Management/Wetson Restaurant Group
- Universal Music Group
- Warby Parker Inc.
- Wicked Fashions, Inc.
- Wolfgang’s Steakhouse
Work highlights
- Acting as co-counsel on a successful appeal to the Third Circuit, which reversed a judgment against our client Kars 4 Kids, Inc. for over $10m.
- Representing Promotion In Motion, Inc. and Welch Foods Inc. in an action alleging the defendant’s holiday packaging formats for its Sunkist Fruit Gummies infringes clients’ trade dress in their Welch's Fruit Snacks product.
- Responsible for S&P Global’s international portfolio of trademarks, including its active protection and enforcement.
Lawyers
Rising stars
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Mandel