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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 16:22:22+00:00

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"It takes a collaborative relationship with clients and a deep understanding of their business to take advantage of opportunities to expand and leverage their intellectual property portfolios, and deliver pragmatic, cost-effective solutions when those assets are challenged."
Andrew Avsec is co-chair of the firm’s Trademark Practice Group. Andrew partners with clients to provide practical legal advice tailored to achieving business goals. Andrew advises clients on complex brand protection, copyright, advertising, trade secret, and social media issues.
As a litigator, Andrew represents clients in district court litigation, arbitration proceedings, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board oppositions and cancellation actions, advertising disputes in the National Advertising Division, and domain name disputes under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy.
Andrew’s counseling practice includes prosecuting trademarks and copyrights, implementing global trademark protection and enforcement programs, analyzing trademark searches, advising on brand expansion projects, developing global trademark filing strategies, and conducting advertising clearance. Andrew also works with companies to conduct intellectual property audits and develop customized corporate IP policies. His practice also includes providing advice on intellectual property transfers, preparing licenses, and conducting due diligence. Andrew leverages his experiences from working with a diverse client base from some of the world’s top brands to start-up companies, across a wide variety of industries.
Andrew is recognized in the 2014 edition of Legal 500 for his experience in handling trademark issues in the social media context. He regularly assists clients in combatting a wide-range of web-based infringement issues.
Andrew volunteers at Legal Prep Charter Academies, Chicago’s first and only legal-themed charter high school. He is a member of the Young Professionals Board of LAF, an organization that provides free legal assistance for people living in poverty in the Chicago area.
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. and LC Trademarks, Inc. v. Piara Pizza LLC, Case No. 2:15-cv-6943 (C.D. Cal. 2015) Pending.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. Soundview Paper Holdings LLC, Case No. 15-cv-01182 (N.D. Ga. 2015) Settled.
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. and Bravo Food Service, LLC v. Ready To Go Pizza, Inc. and Ward, No. 1:14-cv-1365 (N.D. Ga. 2014). Representing Little Caesar in trade secret misappropriation action against former managerial employee who opened a competing pizza restaurant. Consent judgment entered.
Grupo Bimbo S.A. B. de C.V. v. Snak-King Corp., 13-cv-02147 (C.D. Cal. 2013) Representing Plaintiffs in trademark and trade dress dispute. Settled.
CVG-SAB, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., 12-cv-14521 (E.D. Mich. 2012) Representing Plaintiff in trademark dispute. Pending.
American Airlines, Inc. v. Marquez, 12-cv-03364 (N.D. Ga. 2012) Representing Plaintiff in trademark infringement dispute. Consent judgment entered against defendant.
Alticor Inc. et al. v. Schirle et al., (W.D. Mich. 2012) Representing Plaintiffs. in action asserting trademark infringement, false association, tortious interference, fraud, and unfair competition. Settled.
Little Caesar Enter., Inc. v. Rooyakker, 11-cv-13474 (E.D. Mich. 2011) Representing Plaintiffs in trademark infringement action relating to HOT-N-READY mark. Settled.
Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co. v. Estwing Mfg. Co., Inc., 10-CV-6430 (N.D. Ill. 2010). Representing Plaintiff in trade dress infringement action. Settled.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., Georgia-Pacific brought suit against Kimberly-Clark for trademark infringement based on its alleged rights in the “Quilted Diamond Design” embossed on its QUILTED NORTHERN toilet paper. Georgia-Pacific’s infringement claims were directed against Kimberly-Clark’s use of allegedly similar embossed designs appearing on the surface of its COTTONELLE ULTRA and SCOTT toilet paper. Seventh Circuit affirmed grant of summary judgment in Kimberly-Clark’s favor.
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. v. Kim2Bfit, LLC and Kim J. Garcia, Civil Action No. 8:10-cv-01108-SDM-TBM (M.D. Fla. 2010). Representing plaintiff in dispute over use of and application to register KIM2BFIT for fitness services. Settled.
American Airlines, Inc. v. American Assist Travel Services, Inc., and Gerardo Villafane, No. 08 23476 (S.D. Fla. 2008). Representing plaintiff in infringement action directed against infringement of the marks AA and AMERICAN AIRLINES. Consent Judgment entered against defendants.
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company v. Donald Clark, et al., No. 08 CV 2213 (N.D. Ohio 2008). Representing declaratory judgment plaintiff in suit regarding the phrase “National Catastrophe Response Team”. Case settled.
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States of America Under the Hereditary Guardianship, Inc. v. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States of America, Inc., No. 08-230 (7th Cir. 2008).

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