Trademark Engagements

• Larkmead Vineyards v. Frank-Rombauer Cellars, LLC - On behalf of Larkmead Vineyards, a Napa Valley winery, we brought an anticybersquatting case against the defendant which had registered several domain names using our client’s trademarks LARKMEAD and LARKMEAD VINEYARDS.  A favorable settlement was obtained.

• Analytica Environmental Services, Inc. v. Lumina Corporation - Analytica Environmental Services brought proceedings in the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board to cancel the registered trademark of our client, Lumina, which develops sophisticated decision-making software that it markets under the trademark ANALYTICA.  The plaintiff, an environmental consulting firm, contended that Lumina's mark was confusingly similar to its mark.  The cancellation proceedings went to a decision, and the TTAB agreed with our position and denied the request for cancellation of Lumina's mark.

• Grills To Go v. W.C. Bradley Co. - We are defending W.C. Bradley Co., a manufacturer of barbecue grills, in this trademark infringement action and have filed a cross-complaint against the plaintiff alleging our own Lanham Act claim.  The case is currently pending in the Eastern District of California.

• Hewlett-Packard v. Advanced Laser Products - Successfully represented a small company that was charged with trademark infringement by Hewlett-Packard.  After defeating Hewlett-Packard’s application for a preliminary injunction, was able to negotiate a favorable settlement for our client.

• Kendall Jackson v. Golden State Vintners - Defended this trademark infringement action filed by Kendall Jackson against our client, Golden State Vintners, over the use of the name VINTNER'S RESERVE on competing wine labels and ultimately obtained a successful settlement.

• Naxon Corporation v. Tyler Nichols d.b.a. Precision Networks, et al. - Represented Naxon Corporation, which owned the mark WINESHOPPER.COM and operated a website at that address offering a wide variety of wines to consumers nationwide.  The defendant operated the Web page Wineshopper.net, which automatically sent customers to a site called Sendwine.com that offered a much more limited range of products than the Wineshopper.com site.  On behalf of Naxon, sued the operator of the Wineshopper.net Web page for trademark infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition, obtaining a settlement shutting down the defendant’s website.

• Opus One v. Fuente Cigar, Ltd. - In this trademark infringement action, represented Opus One, a joint venture of Robert Mondavi Winery and Baron Phillippe de Rothschild, S.A., against Dominican Republic-based Fuente Cigar, Ltd.  The case involved whether Fuente’s use of the name OPUS on cigars infringed Opus One’s trademarks. Litigated this case in the Middle District of Florida, ultimately obtaining a favorable settlement for our client.

• Pacific Telesis Group v. Allied Telesis, Inc. - We successfully represented Pacific Telesis Group in a trademark enforcement action originally brought by the client’s in-house lawyers.  After discovery and motion practice, the defendant agreed to a settlement, which was later successfully enforced.