Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Updates from Cooley LLPhttp://www.cooley.com<p><strong>Palo Alto, Calif. – July 13, 2010 -- </strong>Cooley LLP announced today that nine of its practice groups and 27 of its attorneys were recognized in <em>The Legal 500: United States 2010 Edition</em>.&nbsp; <em>The Legal 500 </em>is a comprehensive guide to the legal market offering recom...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=64049Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT<p><strong>Palo Alto, Calif. – June 29, 2010</strong> – Cooley LLP announced that the 2010 edition of <em>Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business</em> recognizes 54 Cooley attorneys as leaders in their respective fields, with 15 attorneys receiving a #1 ranking. Six Cooley practices rec...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=63998Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT<strong>Palo Alto, Calif. – May 17, 2010 – </strong><a target="_self" href="http://www.cooley.com/hkeefe">Heidi Keefe</a>, a partner in Cooley's <a target="_self" href="http://www.cooley.com/iplitigation">Intellectual Property Litigation</a> practice, has been named one of California's "Top Women Li...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=63900Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT <p>On October 5, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") published its final revised guides with respect to endorsement and testimonial advertising. The FTC's revised Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising ("Guides") are effective December 1, 2009 and signif...http://www.cooley.com/showalert.aspx?Show=63276Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT<p>Partner <a href="http://www.cooley.com/jcrittenden">John Crittenden</a> is featured in the September 2009 issue of&nbsp;<em>INTA Bulletin - The Voice of the International Trademark Association.</em></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.cooley.com/files/News_and_Insight/INTASep09crittenden.html" ta...http://www.cooley.com/showinthenews.aspx?Show=63116Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit <a href="http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1448.pdf" target="_blank">issued a decision</a> on August 31, 2009 that may allow in-house lawyers and others who sign trademark use affidavits to breathe a little easier, by making it substantiall...http://www.cooley.com/showalert.aspx?Show=63093Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT<p><b>Palo Alto, CA <a name=OLE_LINK1></a><a name=OLE_LINK2>–</a> August 31, 2009 –</b> Cooley Godward Kronish LLP announced today that <a href="hkeefe">Heidi Keefe</a>, <a href="mweinstein">Mark Weinstein</a> and <a href="mlambert">Mark Lambert</a>, previously partners with White &amp; Case LLP, ha...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=63091Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT<p>A trademark must be identical or nearly identical" to a famous mark in order to cause dilution by blurring—at least under the 1995 Federal Trademark Dilution Act, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But a recent ruling over the Levi Strauss &amp; Co. "Arcuate" pocket sti...http://www.cooley.com/showalert.aspx?Show=62632Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT<strong>Palo Alto, Calif.</strong> – <strong>June&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</strong> – Cooley Godward Kronish LLP is pleased to announce that the seventh annual <i>Chambers USA:</i> <i>America's Leading Lawyers for Business</i> honors 43 of the Firm's attorneys as leaders in their respective fields, with ...http://www.cooley.com/showpressrelease.aspx?Show=62673Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT<p>The International Trademark Association (INTA) has circulated information concerning a new opportunity for trademark owners to protect and use their trademarks on social networking websites. We believe this may be of interest to many of our clients.</p> <p>As INTA explained, on Tuesday, June 9, ...http://www.cooley.com/showalert.aspx?Show=62358Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT