A team of Fox Rothschild intellectual property and international trade attorneys succeeded in removing a temporary restraining order, issued in an international trademark dispute, that threatened to put an emerging technology company out of business.
Noorio Innovations Limited of Hong Kong hired Fox Rothschild, through international trade attorney, Liz Levinson, to mount a defense after a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a worldwide restraining order against it in a trademark dispute. The court’s ruling removed all the company’s products from Walmart and Amazon, seized and froze all its bank accounts, and halted its business.
Levinson pulled together an accomplished team of lawyers from around the county to defend Noorio’s right to do business in the United States. Spearheading the defense were Adam Wolek, Kristen Broz and Brittney Powell. Over the span of three weeks, the Fox team worked to erode the plaintiff’s case, filing a motion opposing the injunction and requesting relief from the temporary restraining order.
At the preliminary injunction hearing, Wolek argued, and Broz cross-examined the plaintiff’s CEO, on the company’s claims that the plaintiff’s motions were based on false information and specious legal arguments, and that the trademarks were distinguishable.
As a result of the team’s efforts, within three days of the hearing, the plaintiff capitulated and dropped its case with prejudice and with no payments or concessions by our client. The restraining order was lifted, the client’s bank accounts were unfrozen, and Noorio was able to sell its products again.
Wolek, Broz and Powell were supported by Fox attorneys Dominique Carroll, Alina Chernin and Alex Keyser.
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