The Cochran Firm PC v. The Cochran Firm Los Angeles LLP et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:12-cv-05868

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Trademark

Judge:

Philip S. Gutierrez

Firms

Sectors & Industries:

  1. May 23, 2016

    Cochran Firm Disqualified In TM Dispute Over Firm Name

    A California federal judge on Friday disqualified the Los Angeles outpost of the law firm founded by the late Johnnie Cochran in a trademark row over the famous attorney's moniker, saying the firm's representation of itself was a clear conflict of interest that warranted automatic disqualification.

  2. January 22, 2016

    Ex-Cochran Atty Says Firm Can't Represent Itself In TM Row

    Counsel for Randy H. McMurray, who's battling his former firm over the use of the late Johnnie Cochran's name, on Thursday urged a California federal judge to disqualify the Cochran Firm from representing itself, saying its work in this case and those related presents a clear conflict.

  3. December 03, 2015

    Ex-Cochran Atty Shakes Colleagues' Claims In Trademark Row

    Attorney Randy H. McMurray, an ex-partner of late defense attorney Johnnie Cochran's, won a bid Wednesday to toss two former colleague's counterclaims in an ongoing trademark feud in California over the Cochran name's use.

  4. November 24, 2015

    Cochran Firm Slams Fraud Counterclaims In Trademark Row

    The Cochran Firm PC on Monday urged a California federal judge to nix fraud counterclaims filed by a former partner of Johnnie Cochran in a trademark row over the famous attorney's moniker, arguing the court already barred the famed defense attorney's ex-partners from raising such claims.

  5. October 19, 2015

    Cochran Firm LA Wants 'Sham' Trademark Suit Thrown Out

    A former partner of famed defense attorney Johnnie Cochran urged a California federal court Friday to put an end to a trademark row over the famous attorney's moniker, saying The Cochran Firm PC's suit is an "implausible sham" filed solely to oppress a competitor.

  6. October 09, 2015

    Sanctions Bid Axed In Cochran Firm's Trademark Feud

    A sanctions bid against the Cochran Firm PC's director was filed too late, a California federal judge has concluded, extinguishing the dispute over testimony on an Alabama back-office facility as the trademark row over the late Johnnie Cochran's name nears trial.

  7. October 02, 2015

    Defense Calls For Discovery Sanctions In Cochran Firm IP Tiff

    A former partner of the late Johnnie Cochran asked a California federal judge Friday to sanction the director of the Cochran Firm PC for refusing to hand over discovery materials about a back-office facility in Alabama at issue in a trademark fight over the use of the Cochran name.

  8. June 03, 2015

    Cochran Appeals Ex-Partner TM Ruling To 9th Circ.

    The Cochran Firm PC on Wednesday appealed to the Ninth Circuit a California district court's decision dissolving an order that barred a former partner of the firm from using the late Johnnie Cochran's moniker.

  9. May 13, 2015

    Cochran's 'Unclean Hands' Means Ex-Partner Can Use TM

    A California federal court dissolved a two-year-old order Tuesday that had barred a former partner of The Cochran Firm PC from using O.J. Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran's famous moniker, finding the one-time partner is likely to succeed in proving the firm has "unclean hands" in its own use of the trademark.

  10. February 09, 2015

    Cochran Ex-Partner Slips Former Colleagues' Counterclaims

    A California federal judge on Friday dismissed counterclaims against an attorney embroiled in trademark litigation with The Cochran Firm PC over the use of Johnnie Cochran's moniker, saying the attorney's former colleagues' contract claims are barred by a related state court action.

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