Davis Wright Tremaine

Firm overview:

Davis Wright Tremaine, with nationwide office coverage and serving industries from entertainment to fashion to healthcare, is acknowledged by peers as a leading player in trademark portfolio management for major brands. DWT’s scale means the team is seen to have “a never-ending flow of work”. The firm integrates its brand protection and IP services with expertise in advertising, marketing and promotions, to give its clients a strategic edge.

Team overview:

Alexandra Nicholson, national chair of the Media, Entertainment & Intellectual Property Practice, advises well-known companies on global brand protection and enforcement, transactions and strategic planning. Roxanne Elings has been lead counsel in more than 60 trials, substantive court hearings, and appellate arguments. Elings was the first to obtain an order applying the concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction in cases arising under the Lanham Act.

Key matters:

• Seattle based Davis Wright Tremaine partner Cindy Caditz represents Ava Community Energy Authority in a US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition to the granting of a mark to the Board of Childcare of the Methodist Church.
  
  The mark was granted for clothing and apparel, for charitable services, and consists of an illustration drawing without any words or letters. The mark is in the form of a stylised half rising sun and a stylised person with their arms extended upwards. Anna Kurian Shaw of Hogan Lovells represents the defendant.
• New York-based Davis Wright Tremaine partner Roxanne Elings represents Public Theater Productions in a US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition to the granting of a mark to Mark Rutzel (UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL). Carolyn Martin of Lutzker & Lutzker represents the defendant.

Clients:

Ava Community Energy Authority, Blackberry, Garan, Home Box Office, MacMillan Publishers, Public Theater Productions, Revelry Vintners, Send A Cake, Sesame Workshop.