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Intellectual Property Group Prevails in Trademark Dispute Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

On October 20, 2010, attorneys from the firm’s Intellectual Property Group prevailed on behalf of one of the firm’s clients in a trademark dispute before the U.S. Trademark Office. Our work resulted in the termination of an opposing party’s trademark application for a mark that infringed on the client’s previously registered mark.

The case involved a dispute over a trademark application filed with the Trademark Office for the mark “ETF Trend Trading.” The application was filed by DMET, LLC, a California based financial advisory firm that sells investment training materials on exchange traded funds via the Internet. The trademark examiner approved the mark for registration on the supplemental register despite the fact the mark appeared confusingly similar to several previously registered marks, including “ETF Trends,” a mark owned by one of the firm’s clients. The client sought initially to persuade the company to cease all uses of the “ETF Trend Trading” mark in commerce because it infringed on the “ETF Trends” mark. >Read more

Successful Outcome Involving Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Business Torts Achieved by Litigation Practice Group

On May 24, 2007, attorneys from Finkel Law Group secured a victory on behalf of the cross-complaining members of a dissolving limited liability company known as BoxedCPU. The company once owned and operated a profitable a chain of retail outlets that sold computers, peripherals, related equipment and software across the San Francisco Bay Area.

During a six day trial, Finkel Law Group attorneys proved that the cross-defendants failed to fulfill their fiduciary duties to the company and its members, and engaged in conversion, common law misappropriation, and unfair competition in violation of Business & Professions Code section 17200.>Read more

Victory in Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan Secured by Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group

On June 24, 2009, attorneys from Finkel Law Group’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring group secured from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California a confirmed plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code for The Paper & Ink Link, Inc. The debtor company sells greeting cards, stationary and related products to wholesale and retail customers across the United States. Under the plan, the company will write down 78 percent of the debt it carried on its books prior to its bankruptcy filing, and pay the remaining 22 percent of debt to existing creditors over five years. >Read more