About Meredith M. Wilkes
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
Education
- Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1996J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Colorado State University, 1993B.A.
- Major: Journalism
Representative Cases
- Alderwoods Group favorably settles infinity symbol trademark infringement suit prior to trial
- Arthur Gallagher prevails in covenant not to compete and breach of fiduciary duty suit against former employees
- Ayorinde and Shade resolve trade secret dispute after winning motion to dismiss
- Chevron obtains injunctive relief against infringers
- Deckers defends against patent infringement claims involving women's footwear (2010)
- Deckers stops sale of counterfeit UGG® boots in New York
- Evenflo sells its feeding business to Kimberly-Clark de México (2012)
- Hygenic Corp. settles favorably in trade dress case involving rights to color in exercise bands
- Hygenic Corp. successfully opposes registration of HYGIENICS trademark (2009)
- Hygenic Corp. successfully opposes registration of HYGIENICS trademark (2009)
- IBM obtains permanent injunctive relief and award of fees in trademark infringement suit against Shentech.com over counterfeit laptop batteries (2009)
- Jones Day pursues action against service provider using JONES DAY service marks (2010)
- Jones Day pursues claim regarding unauthorized use of web site content and service mark infringement (2010)
- Jones Day successfully pursues cyberpiracy and related claims against registered owner of www.jonesdays.com (2010)
- Mentor favorably settles trade secret misappropriation case
- Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company resolves "Positive Energy" trademark dispute with Eveready Battery (2012)
- OMG Fidelity pursues trade secret action involving electroless nickel formulae (2010)
- R.J. Reynolds pursues several trademark disputes over exclusive rights to use word PLEASURE in connection with tobacco products (2010)
- RE/MAX wins injunctive relief in trademark infringement suit (2009)
- Riverside pursues false designation of origin and false advertising charges against McKenzie Goldsten relating to web site content theft (2009)
- Scott Fetzer gets antitrust counterclaims tossed in trademark infringement action
- Scott Fetzer obtains permanent injunctive relief in trademark litigation
- Scott Fetzer obtains permanent injunctive relief in trademark litigation
- Scott Fetzer opposes Graco's trademark application to register the color blue (2010)
- Scott Fetzer wins temporary restraining order and permanent injunctive relief in trademark infringement suit (2009)
- Sherwin-Williams wins permanent injunctive relief and restraining order in trademark infringement suit
- Thomas Kinkade Co. wins record breaking $1.7M in trademark infringement and cyberpiracy lawsuit
- Weir Group defends against trade dress litigation involving exclusivity of rights to use proprietary slurry pump design
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
Office Info
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