What we say about the firm's legal practice in United States
Intellectual property
Within Copyright, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC is a second tier firm,
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC is highly respected in the copyright field with strong counseling and litigation expertise. It is particularly strong in the publishing sector, with 2010 seeing it successfully defend key client Penguin Group in a long-running dispute with descendants of the author John Steinbeck relating to the rights of the client to continue publishing The Pearl. Richard Dannay and of counsel Tom Kjellberg led on the case. Additional clients span financial services, film and music; they include Universal Pictures and Recording Industry of America, as well as hi-tech companies such as Sony Computer Entertainment. William Borchard advises on counseling and transactional copyright matters, while Robert Clarida advises on both transactional and litigation aspects of copyright issues.
Within Trademarks: litigation, tier 5
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC is well regarded for its contentious trademark capabilities. Richard Mandel handles internet-related issues and Eric Shimanoff advises clients across a wide range of consumer product sectors. The team successfully represented Ferrari at a Ninth Circuit appeal, in relation to enforcing an earlier settlement against replica car manufacturer Exoto, which prohibited the future use of ‘Ferrari’ marks. Mandel and Shimanoff are also part of the team representing longstanding client Promotion In Motion, a confectionery food manufacturer in high-profile trademark infringement litigation regarding its SwissKiss product. Rival company Hershey brought suit against the client, alleging that the product infringes its ‘Kisses’ product line. Arlana Cohen’s focus includes anti-counterfeiting issues. Cohen represented Norwegian lamp company Luxo in bringing a high-profile trademark infringement case against Disney and Pixar. The client alleged that its own Luxo lamp trademark was being infringed by Disney/Pixar’s limited edition Luxo Jr lamp product. Joel Schmidt counts international apparel companies among his clients; he represented design house Mercy of Canada in a well publicised claim against Diane von Furstenberg’s company, alleging that it had copied elements of one of its clothing designs.
Within Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage), Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC is a third tier firm,
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC is a ‘respected name in the field’, highly regarded for its domestic and international work. The team of 20 attorneys and seven trademark administrators manages the international trademark portfolios of clients from a diverse range of industries, including Major League Baseball Properties, The Donna Karan Company, Columbia Pictures, Morgan Stanley, Sotheby’s, and the US portfolios of international companies such as Barclays, Ferrari and Intercontinental Hotels. Other key clients are The National Audubon Society, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia University and The Salvador Dali Museum in St Petersburg, Florida. Notable individuals include the hugely experienced and ‘excellent’ William Borchard in New York, who has been an ‘expert in this field for many years’ and specializes in internet and domain name matters.