Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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Seeking an injunction and damages, Christian Louboutin S.A. recently sued Yves Saint Laurent America, Inc. (YSL) in the Southern District of New York for trademark infringement and counterfeiting of Louboutin’s red-soled shoes.
In 2008, Christian Louboutin, a haute couture shoe designer, obtained federal registration for a trademark consisting of a lacquered red sole for women’s footwear,receiving considerable media attention, with consumers allegedly associating his “Red Sole Mark” with Louboutin’s footwear. Many of Louboutin’s shoes are in different colors than red and feature a red sole, as compared to the YSL shoe that sparked the lawsuit. The YSL shoe is totally red. Might this serve as the basis of a defense by YSL?
Louboutin filed suit claiming that YSL is seeking to take unfair advantage of the goodwill and brand recognition of Christian Louboutin’s Red Sole Mark. Louboutin is requesting that Yves Saint Laurent be enjoined and restrained from using the Red Sole Mark or any other footwear outsole that resembles the Red Sole Mark. Louboutin has also asked the Court for damages of one million dollars.