29 August 2023Features

Fish & Richardson - US Trademark Rankings 2023

Firm Overview:

Fish & Richardson is a specialist IP firm with over 350 attorneys, 11 bi-coastal offices and a Midwest office in Minneapolis. Fish has global outposts in IP-rich strategic centres Munich, Germany and Shenzhen, China. The trademark practice offers comprehensive services to a diverse range of clients, spanning startups to Fortune 500 companies. The group serves industries such as luxury goods, food and beverage, software, sports, finance and entertainment.

On the prosecution side, Fish assists clients in protecting valuable assets. Fish’s litigators defend and protect renowned brands before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, district courts, and the Federal Circuit. The group’s transactional practice extends from software licensing to advising on public displays of visual art.

Team Overview:

Of counsel Jenifer deWolf Paine protected consumer-facing brands Xbox, Minecraft, Surface and Windows as a former counsel at Microsoft. She brings “a lot of prosecution knowledge” to Fish, where she provides comprehensive trademark law advice to artists, music companies, and designers. Her services cover clearance, portfolio management, counselling, and dispute resolution before the TTAB.

Key Matter:

  • DeWolf Paine represents Microsoft-owned ZeniMax Media, a video game publisher, in a pending TTAB opposition to luxury watchmaker Breitling’s registration of the mark ‘Chronomat’.
  • Kristen McCallion represents Microsoft as a potential opposer in a pending TTAB matter to cancel the mark ‘Q-Box’.
  • Keith Barritt represents COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer ModernaTX, the defendant before the TTAB, in opposition proceedings regarding the mark ‘Covid MVAX’ by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals.

Clients:

Advanced New Technologies, Five Star Gourmet Foods, Microsoft, ModernaTx, Niantic, id Software.