Tag: Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Partner Angelo Mazza is moderating a Table Topic at INTA’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. His session “Working with Millennials: Are They Really That Different?” will take place on May 18. This will be a deep dive into issues facing law firms as more millennials join firms and the conflicts that sometimes arise between generations. The INTA Annual Meeting is the largest and most influential gathering of brand owners and intellectual property professionals from around the world.

Angelo counsels clients in developing brand protection and enforcement strategies, and works extensively with law enforcement on intellectual property-related crimes. He has trained over 60,000 law enforcement officials including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Gibney will host the NYC Bar Association’s  Fashion Law Committee meeting on May 14. The breakfast meeting will take place from 8:30 – 9:30am to discuss “Coded:  Dress and Discrimination. ” This discussion will be focused on employment matters including dress codes, grooming standards, gender identity/expression and best practices for fashion brands.

Panelists include Gibney attorneys Maja Szumarska and Bob Tracy as well as Brittny Saunders from the New York City Commission on Human Rights.

Maja Szumarska is an attorney in Gibney’s Intellectual Property Group. She focuses on brand protection and enforcement. She represents many prominent brands in litigation matters involving trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement claims and enforcement actions in federal court.

Bob Tracy is an attorney in Gibney’s Labor and Employment Group. He practices management-side labor and employment law and business litigation. Bob keeps clients informed of changing employment laws and develops strategic employment policies to avoid litigation, maintain a healthy work culture and minimize risk. He has conducted seminars on employment issues including ADA, FMLA, sexual harassment and union avoidance.

Maja Szumarska is moderating a Table Topic at INTA’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA on May 20. Her session is titled “TM11 Ex Parte Seizure Orders under 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d) of the Lanham Act: Recent Developments in Case Law.” She will lead a discussion on recent cases involving the seizure of counterfeit goods under the Lanham Act and provide recommendations for increasing the likelihood of successfully obtaining an ex parte seizure order. The INTA Annual Meeting is the largest and most influential gathering of brand owners and intellectual property professionals from around the world.

Maja focuses on brand protection and enforcement. She represents many prominent brands in litigation matters involving trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement claims and enforcement actions in federal court.  She also advocates on behalf of clients in anti-counterfeiting policy and legislation matters before local, national and international industry associations.

IP Partner Angelo Mazza will participate in a trade roundtable sponsored by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy.  Based on his knowledge of CBP IP trade practices and counterfeiting issues,  Angelo was asked to be a part of the roundtable to share views on trade transparency, terror financing, gang activity and drug trafficking related to intellectual property right protection. The session will take place on February 6, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Angelo works extensively with law enforcement on IP related crimes. He has organized and conducted training sessions for CBP, ICE and the FBI in the United States.  He has also conducted training for law enforcement in almost all 50 states at all levels.

Angelo E.P. Mazza spoke at the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) 21^st annual Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection Summit in San Francisco. He also serves on the Advisory Board.

Angelo led the workshop “Customs and Border Protection: Combating Cross-Border Trade in Counterfeit Goods” on January 28, 2019. He shared effective practices to be proactive in developing an anti-counterfeiting strategy and working with CBP to effectively enforce rights at the border.

This workshop provided participants with an understanding of how to effectively forge a collaborative working relationship with law enforcement that meets anti-counterfeiting objectives.

Topics included:

• Effective ways to record and provide notice of registered rights with customs in order to obtain seizures
• The type of information that rights holders need to provide CBP’s to provide them with the knowledge of what products are authentic vs. counterfeit
• Analysis of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection interim rule to allow information

Brian W. Brokate and Angelo E.P. Mazza will speak at the Practising Law Institute’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement 2019 event on January 17, 2019. Brian Brokate is also co-chair of the event. This will be the eighth year that Brian and Angelo have participated in this program.

Angelo will lead the first panel “Current Government IP Enforcement Programs.” Topics include federal and civil intellectual property enforcement, DOJ prosecuted crimes and determining factors, the CHIP program, substantiating advertising claims, “Made in USA” and other promotional promises, “Influencer” marketing and truth-in-advertising in social media, data security and consumer privacy. Brian Brokate will speak on the “Anticounterfeiting Update” panel. Topics include 2018 direct liability case law updates and trends, seizures and ex parte remedies, contributory liability, U.S. legislative updates and recent U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations.

Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement 2019 provides information to in-house and outside counsel on effective strategies for protecting intellectual property rights.

For more information on the program, visit the PLI website.

Brian Brokate spoke at the Practising Law Institute (PLI) Intellectual Property Law Institute 2018 on October 1, 2018. His session was titled “Anticounterfeiting Update.” Topics included recent anticounterfeiting cases, legal developments and best practices for protection. Brian and associate Maja Szumarska also co-authored a chapter in PLI’s course handbook for the program.

Brian Brokate is head of Gibney’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. He has extensive experience in trademark and copyright enforcement procedures to combat infringement and counterfeiting.

For more information on the program, visit the PLI website.