This type of intellectual property typically protects words, names, symbols, and/or designs used in commerce to identify and distinguish goods.
What is trademark?
100
This hip-hop princess's name was trademarked by her parents just days after she was born in 2012.
What is Blue Ivy?
100
This NFL team was denied the trademark rights to "19-0" right before it lost in the Super Bowl.
Who are the Patriots?
100
This former governor was originally denied a trademark on her name because she forgot to sign the form.
Who is Sarah Palin?
100
Our trial team successfully litigated a three week trial for this major wireless carrier--ranked by JD Power & Associates as the highest in network quality in 2012--despite lacking wireless access in their war room.
What is Verizon Wireless?
200
Mike Tyson's tattoo artist sued the makers of the movie The Hangover for infringing this type of intellectual property protection.
What is copyright?
200
Greg Kinnear starred as the inventor of this product, in "Flash of Genius," a 2008 film depicting patent litigation.
What is the intermittent windshield wiper?
200
Our patent attorneys frequently appear in this jurisdiction, the original "Rocket Docket."
What is the Eastern District of Virginia?
200
This Jersey Shore cast member's trademark was denied because of a cat by a similar name.
Who is Snooki?
200
This term refers to Jewish dietary laws and is the subject of a pending top-level domain registry application for which Wiley Rein is representing 70% of the world’s relevant food certification organizations in opposing one entity’s attempt to exclusively control the term as a top-level domain (i.e, .something as an alternative to .com).
What is kosher?
300
Before it was reversed in April of this year, DuPont was originally awarded $920 million because Kolon Industries allegedly stole this type of intellectual property from DuPont for making Kevlar.
What is trade secret?
300
Apple sued this company for patent infringement, sparking a complex series of litigations spanning numerous patents, countries, and earning Apple a jury verdict of over $1 billion.
What is Samsung?
300
This iconic band is being sued by the estate of Randy California for copyright infringement over his single "Taurus," heard here:
What is Led Zeppelin?
300
This type of Wiley Rein employee is likely to get stuck playing goofy games in an attempt to make the nerd practice group seem cool.
What is a summer associate?
300
This trademark and patent client, headquartered in Rockville, MD, has Comfort Suites and Sleep Inn as part of its corporate family.
What is Choice Hotels?
400
This form of intellectual property right can be granted when something is useful, novel, and non-obvious.
What is a patent?
400
This singer/songwriter from a musical family was the inventor of U.S. Patent No. 5,255,452A, entitled "Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion."
Who is Michael Jackson?
400
This court hears patent and copyright infringement claims against the United States Government and its contractors.
What is the Court of Federal Claims?
400
This Wiley Rein client for internet domain name matters was founded by the youngest woman to make Forbes' list of billionaires--just don't call their products girdles.
What is Spanx?
400
Matt Dowd and Jim Wallace submitted a Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of this Nobel Prize winner--one half of the duo who discovered the structure of DNA and the former director of the Human Genome Project.
Who is Jim Watson?
500
This form of intellectual property protects a product's physical appearance and the manner in which it is packaged, wrapped, labeled, presented, promoted, or advertised.
What is trade dress?
500
In 2012, this iconic shoe brand had its trademark rights on red-soled shoes limited to soles that contrast the shoe itself.
What is Louboutin?
500
The Hatch-Waxman Act facilitates marketing of generic versions of this type of product.
What is pharmaceuticals?
500
This 1928 film directed by Walt Disney contributed to the change in copyright law, extending copyright protection to 95 years.
What is Steamboat Willie?
500
The Copyright Group won summary judgment that these cell phone sounds did not require payment of a public performance royalty.