Best Law Firm in America by US News and World Report
We are excited that for the 16th year in a row, Holmes Weinberg, PC has been chosen as a Best Law Firm in America by US News and World Report and Steve Weinberg has for the 25th year been chosen as a Best Lawyer [...]
Steve Weinberg Honored Again in 2026 Best Lawyers
We are pleased to announce that Steve Weinberg has been named as a Best Lawyer in America for 2026, making this the 25th year in a row he has been so named! Steve also has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer for the [...]
Drag Me to Court: The Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Rogers Test in Hara v. Netflix
In a recent installment of the Brand Lawyer, we discussed the Supreme Court’s decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, a 2023 case in which SCOTUS narrowed the scope of the “Rogers test.” For our discussion of the Rogers test and the Jack Daniel’s decision, click [...]
Best Law Firm in America by US News and World Report
We are excited that for the 15th year in a row, Holmes Weinberg, PC has been chosen as a Best Law Firm in America by US News and World Report and Steve Weinberg has for the 24th year been chosen as a Best Lawyer in [...]
A Spirited Dispute: How a Squeaky Dog Toy and Jack Daniel’s® Whiskey Created a Sea Change in Trademark Law
As we all know, trademarks are critically important in business, not just as assets improving value, but in the marketplace to reliably identify and distinguish goods and services, thereby protecting businesses from infringement and consumers from deception. While this purpose is at the heart of [...]
SCOTUS NAME PROTECTION DECISION
By Eric Fram One of the core principles of trademark law is that trademarks symbolize the reputation of their owners. Courts have therefore found that “a party has no first Amendment right to piggyback off the goodwill another entity has built in its name.” This principle [...]
Congrats to our client
Congrats to our client, Jonás Cuarón, director of the film Chupa, which is now streaming on Netflix, and is currently the most popular film on the platform! View Article on A.frame
FTC Cracks Down on Potential False Testimonials
by Lisa Dubrow Lots of action this week at the FTC relating to potential violations based on false endorsements and consumer reviews and testimonials. The FTC put more than 700 companies on notice that they could incur significant civil penalties (up to $43,792 per [...]
WHAT’S IN A LIFETIME? MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
By Lisa Dubrow Offering lifetime subscription terms carries some true risks, starting with: what does “lifetime” mean? Since a subscription provides access to a product, and sometimes, free updates or other benefits as the product or technology evolves, an understanding of the actual length [...]
Important Supreme Court Case on Trademark Infringement
In a rare unanimous opinion from the Supreme Court, the Justices on April 23rd held that proving an infringer’s willful intent to infringe is not required for obtaining the infringer’s profits resulting from the infringement. In Romag Fastener, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., the Court [...]
Brand New Start: Launching New Luxury Products in the Age of Social Media
Steven M Weinberg provides guidelines on launching new products in the social media and influencer age In my nearly four decades of practice, I have been fortunate to have been involved in the launch of many new products and services, as legal counsel, brand consultant, [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ Director Pamela Fryman & Actress Ashley Williams Team With ‘Margin Call’ Producer Neal Dodson On ‘Killing It: An Education’
How I Met Your Mother director Pamela Fryman and actress Ashley Williams, Margin Call producer Neal Dodson and producer Alan Grossbard are teaming up on an adaptation of the Penguin Random House-published memoir Killing It: An Education. Fryman, who directed all but 12 of the [...]