Ed represents domestic and foreign clients in patent and trademark prosecution, litigation and counseling. He played a prominent role representing the winning plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme court trademark case Qualitex Company vs. Jacobsen Products Co., Inc. which validated the argument that under the right circumstances, a product's color alone can be registered as a trademark. Ed serves a lead counsel for clients in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies in the prosecution and defense of infringement actions, insurance coverage disputes involving infringement claims, and opposition and cancellation proceedings in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
He has spoken widely on intellectual property topics before bar association groups, business groups and the examining corps of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Professional Associations & Memberships
· International Trademark Club
· MIT Club of Chicago
· MIT Sloan Club of Chicago
Publications
1.1.06, Courts May Not Enforce an Arbitration Agreement upon a Non-Signatory Party, even if the Non-Signatory Party is a Related Party or a Subsidiary of a Signing Party, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law