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Cooley Protects Launch of Hailey Rhode Bieber’s Rhode Skin Care Line by Defeating Preliminary Injunction Motion

July 30, 2022

Cooley secured a product line-saving trademark victory for Hailey Rhode Bieber and her companies, Rhodedeodato and HRBeauty, on July 22 when the US District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Rhode NYC’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin Bieber from offering her recently launched skin care line under the RHODE mark. Lawyers Michael Rhodes, Brendan Hughes, and Rebecca Givner-Forbes are leading the Cooley team advising Bieber and her companies.

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Michael Rhodes
Partner, San Francisco
Brendan Hughes
Partner, Washington DC
Rebecca Givner-Forbes
Special Counsel , Washington DC
Bobby Ghajar
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Judd Lauter
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Kayla Blaker
Associate, Washington DC
Hilarie Laing
Paralegal Specialist, Washington DC
Justin Royer
Paralegal Specialist, Reston

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CBD Leader Charlotte’s Web successfully enforces trademark

April 2, 2021

Cooley secured a successful resolution for Charlotte’s Web, a leader in the hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD) industry, in a federal trademark and false advertising dispute with AAXLL Supply Co, owner of the Balance CBD brand, in the Northern District of California. Charlotte's Web filed a complaint against AAXLL on April 17, 2020 in which it alleged that AAXLL infringed Charlotte's Web's rights in its CHARLOTTE'S WEB trademark and had misrepresented that certain AAXLL products shared a terpene profile with hemp cultivars developed by Charlotte's Web. Under a stipulated judgment, AAXLL acknowledged that the CHARLOTTE'S WEB mark is a valid and protectable trademark, all rights, title and interest to which are owned by Charlotte’s Web. AAXLL further admitted to trademark infringement and also agreed to stop using the CHARLOTTE'S WEB trademark in connection with advertising and promoting CBD products.

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Brendan Hughes
Partner, Washington DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Judd Lauter
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Colleen R. Wellington-Caban
Associate, Washington DC

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Trademark Litigation Team Defeats Nordstrom's Attempt to Enjoin Use of ‘Beyond the Rack' Mark

January 17, 2013

San Francisco – Cooley announced a major victory for popular online shopping club Beyond the Rack in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington in defeating Nordstrom's motion for a preliminary injunction in a trademark infringement suit over use of the term "Rack."

The Cooley trademark litigation team was led by partner John Crittenden, along with associates Brendan Hughes and John Paul Oleksiuk. Partner Christopher Durbin served as Cooley's on-the-ground counsel in Seattle.

Nordstrom claimed that the use of the "Beyond the Rack" mark for a "flash sale" website – which offers members deep discounts on limited-quantity items during 48-hour sales – infringed its rights in the names "Nordstrom Rack," "Rack," and "The Rack." But the court disagreed, noting that "the salient part of the commercial name is ‘NORDSTROM,' and not ‘RACK,'" and that there was no proof of actual customer confusion despite three years of coexistence. Finding that Nordstrom was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its infringement claim, and that it had failed to demonstrate irreparable harm, the court denied the motion.

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Christopher B. Durbin
Of Counsel, Seattle
Brendan Hughes
Partner, Washington DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York

Rankings & accolades

Chambers USA: Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets – District of Columbia (2023)

Memberships & affiliations

International Trademark Association

Maryland State Bar Association