28 August 2023Features

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom - US Trademark Rankings 2023

Firm Overview:

Global corporate specialist Skadden Arps leverages its multidisciplinary and international reach to provide trademark services to its rich roster of US and international clients. Skadden’s expertise ranges from day-to-day trademark matters up to representing the International Trademark Association in amicus briefs before the Supreme Court and US Circuit Court of Appeals on trademark tracking and ‘disparaging’ trademarks. The prosecution practice obtains, protects and enforces trademarks for clients.

Team Overview:

Lawyers who act opposite New York lawyer Anthony Dreyer consider him a “fantastic” litigator. Dreyer litigates matters involving Lanham Act claims, copyright and rights of publicity. Peers recognise “his niche is sports”, and Dreyer’s track record attests to this, having represented the NFL and Major League Soccer. However, his expertise extends to other industries; he successfully protected food production company Del Monte’s trademark rights in the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He also successfully defended Sadler’s Brewing in defeating a motion for preliminary injunction over its use of the ‘Peaky Blinders’ mark.

Key Matter:

  • In an ongoing case, Dreyer represents Metacapital Management against tech behemoth Meta Platforms in a federal lawsuit filed against Facebook arising out of Facebook’s purported acquisition and adoption of ‘Meta’ trademarks in connection with financial services. 
  • Dreyer represented The National Hockey League in obtaining permanent injunctive and monetary relief in a federal litigation against an infringer of the league’s trademark and trade dress rights for the Stanley Cup trophy.
  • Representing a worldwide cryptocurrency payment infrastructure company in connection with enforcing and defending the company’s US trademark rights against competitors in the blockchain, charge card and other financial services industries.

Clients:

Citigroup, Major League Soccer, Metacapital Management, The National Football League, The National Hockey League, O’Reilly Automotive Services, Peet’s Coffee, The PGA Tour.