Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM), one of California’s prominent full-service law firms, announced that its Corporate, Tax and Intellectual Property lawyers assisted its client in an investment in a privately held commercial solar panel manufacturer. About JMBM’s Corporate Group JMBM’s Corporate lawyers represent buyers, sellers and capital providers in a wide variety of […]
JMBM successfully represented its client Team-One Employment Specialists, LLC in a recent domain name proceeding and reclaiming several of its domain names which were improperly registered by a competitor. Rod S. Berman and Jessica Bromall Sparkman of JMBM’s Intellectual Property Group acted as counsel for Team-One in the contested proceeding.
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) served as transaction counsel for Night Optics USA, Inc. and its shareholders in the sale of their company to Bushnell, Inc. Bushnell, with international sales of sports optics, premium eyewear and outdoor accessories, is owned by MidOcean Partners, a nationally recognized middle-market private equity fund. The transaction closed […]
For NAXOS Capital Partners: Series C Financing of Renewable Sciences Company Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) represented the lead investor, NAXOS Capital Partners, in the recent $100 million Series C financing of Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. NAXOS Capital Partners is a Luxembourg-based private equity group focused on acquiring and developing businesses with unique […]
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, LLP announced that a California Federal Court granted client Forever 21, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim brought by Los Angeles Printex Industries, Inc. Fabric design company LA Printex filed a law suit in May, 2009, claiming that a print having a repetitive anchor design was covered by […]
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Alan Hon and Po Sun Hon following the Ninth Circuit’s denial of their appeal in the Cosmos Jewelry Ltd. Trade Dress Infringement case. Cosmos Jewelry Ltd., represented by Rod Berman and Stanley Gibson, prevailed in a trial in the U.S. District Court […]
The Missouri Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds successfully regained rights to the domain name “campinmissouri.com” through a strongly contested arbitration with Sugar Mountaindesign Company. The Association, represented by Rod S. Berman, Jessica Bromall Sparkman and Manali Dighe of the JMBM Intellectual Property Group, claimed that it owned the domain name as a trademark and […]
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled in favor of JMBM client Manley Toys, allowing its trademark cancellation case to move forward. In Wham-O Inc. v. Manley Toys, Rod Berman, Chair of JMBM’s Intellectual Property Group — with the assistance of associate Jessica Bromall Sparkman — successfully argued that Wham-O did […]
Cosmos Jewelry Ltd. Prevails in Trade Dress Infringement Case Appellate Court Affirms $2.3 Million Judgment Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP announced that its client, Cosmos Jewelry Ltd. — known as Denny Wong Designs — prevailed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in a challenge against the $2.3 million award in […]
In Welcome Co. v. Harriett Carter Gifts Inc., 50 U.S.P.Q.2d 1132 (D.C. Cal. 1998), aff’d per curiam (Fed. Cir. 1999), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district judge’s grant of a preliminary injunction involving a consumer product and means plus function claims.