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  • Kieran G. Doyle

  • Practices

    Trademark

    Intellectual Property

    Litigation

  • Education

    Fordham University School of Law (JD 1995; Law Review: Associate Editor 1993 - 95)

    Fordham University (BA 1990)

  • Bar & Court Admissions

    New York

    United States District Courts - Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

  • Kieran G. Doyle

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    • 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-6799 Ph: 212.790.9261Fax: 212.575.0671

    Kieran counsels clients regarding trademark clearance, registration, prosecution, licensing and protection and he litigates various intellectual property matters in the courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  He represents professional sports marketing and merchandising companies, restaurants, food and beverage manufacturers, fashion and hair care companies, radio groups, and publishers.

    • Cases

      Transactions:

      Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.

      Liz Claiborne, Inc.

      Greater Media, Inc.

      Vogue International, Inc.

      Stone Mountain Accessories, Inc.

      Nature's Best, Inc.

      Cases: 

      L.C. Licensing Inc. v. Berman, 86 U.SP.Q. 2d 1883 (T.T.A.B. 2008)

      Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Inc. v. Otsar Sifrei Lubavitch, Inc., No. 01 CV 7406, 2004 U.S. Dist. Lexis 22637 (E.D.N.Y. 2004)

      Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Inc. v. Otsar Sifrei Lubavitch, Inc., 312 F.3d 94 (2d Cir. 2002)

      Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Inc. v. Mendel Sharf, 172 F. Supp. 2d 383 (E.D.N.Y. 2001) 

    • Prior Experience

      Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Associate (1995 - 98)

      Legal Aid Society, Federal Defenders Division, Paralegal (1990 - 95)

    • Articles & Speeches

      Speech: “Brands on the Silver Screen, the Television Screen and the Computer Screen.” Practising Law Institute Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law (April 2010)

      Speech: “Brands on the Silver Screen, the Television Screen and the Computer Screen.” Michigan IP Lawyers Association (April 2010)

      Speech: 'Licensing Western Trademarks into Hong Kong and China'
      Hong Kong Trade Development Council, International Licensing Show (Hong Kong, January 2010)

      Speech: 'Voiding Trademark Applications Where There is a Lack of Bona Fide Intent to Use' AIPLA Annual Meeting (October 2008)

      Article:  'Century 21, the New Kid in Town: The Third Circuit Crafts a New Nominative Fair Use Test' (The Trademark Reporter July-August 2007)

      Speaker/Moderator: PLI Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law  'Trademark Fair Use & Parody' (May 2007) Click here to read the article.

      Moderator:  AIPLA Trademark Anti-counterfeiting Efforts (May 2007)

      Speaker:  CLL Publishing Seminar 'Copyright and Trademark Parody' (March 2007)

      Article: 'Trademark Parody, Statutory and Nominative Fair Use Under the Lanham Act' (March 2007)

      Speech: 'Trademark Statutory and Nominative Fair Use' (Jan 2006)

      Client Alert: 'Supreme Court Holds Trademark Fair Use Defense Is Available Even When Confusion Is Likely' (Dec 2004)

      Speech: 'What's in a Name: Domain Names and Trademarks in the New Media Environment' (Jan 2002)

      Client Alert: 'The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act' (Aug 2000)

    • Affiliations

      Adjunct Professor, Trademark Law, New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies.  (2007- Present)

      Vice-chair, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)  Trademark Law Committee (2010)

      Chair, AIPLA Anti-counterfeiting Committee (2006-2010)

      Co-chair; Practising Law Institute Advanced Seminar in Trademark Law (2008-Present)

      Contributor to Copyright Annual Review (1998-2006)

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