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Holly Pekowsky’s encyclopedic knowledge of trademark law and the technicalities, processes and precedents of the U.S. Trademark Office is the foundation for her singular and can-do approach to protecting and enforcing clients’ trademark rights. She has an unusual grasp of the nuances of the law, and the creativity to successfully challenge the Trademark Office’s rules as applied to her client’s specific circumstances.
She works on all aspects of trademark law, including conducting trademark searches to clear marks, prosecuting trademark applications, and strategically managing trademark portfolios, as well as defending and asserting clients’ rights in the Trademark Office and in court, and UDRP web domain name disputes. Holly has repeatedly prevailed in the face of strong opposition. With a realistic view of what is possible, she acts purposefully and cost-effectively.
Holly has been involved in disputes concerning issues such as the family of marks doctrine, the protectability of color as a trademark, keyword advertising, likelihood of confusion and secondary meaning surveys, and the sale of gray market and reconditioned products. She has represented a diverse range of clients including luxury fashion brands, restaurateurs, brick and mortar and online retailers and sellers of consumer electronics products.
Representative cases include successfully cancelling a registration for a mark which was confusingly similar in appearance to a luxury brand’s mark despite the fact that the marks were not phonetically similar, prevailing on summary judgment to stop a jewelry company from using a mark which was confusingly similar to her client’s mark, despite the fact that the company claimed the mark was descriptive, and reaching a successful resolution in a case involving competing restaurants with similar names in Manhattan and the Hamptons.
Holly is leading the firm's Women's Initiatives Group.