Leaving A Law Firm In The Internet Age Raises Trademark Issues
Law360 (October 17, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT) -- In the "old days," when a name partner left a law firm, the trademark issues were straightforward. In the Internet era, however, these issues have become more complex because law firms extensively use Web sites to promote their services and e-mail to communicate with clients and potential clients. Former partners have a strong interest in the ex-firm not using their names in the firm name as well as in the firm's domain name and corresponding e-mail addresses. On the other hand, even though the firm has changed its firm name and domain name, it wants to make sure that clients and others familiar with the firm's old domain name and e-mail addresses can easily find the firm and communicate with its lawyers. These competing interests recently collided in a federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania....
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