Holly Pekowsky

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Representative Industries

Holly Pekowsky concentrates her practice on all aspects of trademark, unfair competition and copyright law. In addition to her involvement in litigations and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Ms. Pekowsky also counsels clients on various intellectual property matters, handles trademark searches and prosecution, and negotiates licensing agreements. Ms. Pekowsky has been involved in disputes concerning issues such as the family of marks doctrine, priority of use, keyword advertising, likelihood of confusion and secondary meaning surveys, and the sale of grey market and reconditioned products.

Published Works

“Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc.: Guidelines for Online Retailers to Police Third Party Sales of Counterfeit Goods”, Common Law Journal, July 29, 2008
"Tiffany V. EBay: Trademark Owners Beware", IP Law 360, July 16, 2008
"Recent Changes To Trademark Trial And Appeal Board Rules" (Co-Authored), NYIPLA, January/February, 2008
"Rights of Publicity After Forest Gump", (Co-Authored), New York Law Journal, 1995
"Pop-Ups and 'Use of' a Protected Trademark in Light of 1-800 Contacts", (Co-Authored), The Communications Lawyer, 2005

Bar Admissions

New York, 1995
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York

Education

Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York J.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, B.A., English Literature

Representative Cases

In re Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Serial No. 76/021,398, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 2002 TTAB LEXIS 488 (July 29, 2002)
Dan-Dee Int'l, Ltd. v. Kmart Corp., 99 Civ. 11689 (DC), 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13411; Copy.L.Rep. (CCH) P28, 169 (September 18, 2000)

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