August 02, 2016
A Texas knife company fighting to undo a loss in a trademark case to Victorinox AG in New York federal court also plans to fight an order denying the disqualification of the opposing counsel, according to a Monday filing.
August 01, 2016
A Locke Lord LLP partner likely broke ethics rules when he chose not to tell a longtime client why he was severing the relationship, experts said Monday, even though a federal judge found that a conflict revealed late in a trademark case didn't justify Locke's disqualification.
July 18, 2016
Victorinox AG told a New York federal judge on Friday that a Locke Lord LLP attorney's representation of The B&F System Inc. in unrelated matters does not warrant the firm's disqualification in the lawsuit over red-handled pocketknife designs that allegedly infringe Victorinox's Swiss Army product.
June 21, 2016
Locke Lord LLP and its opposing counsel in a trademark case focused on an iconic red-handled pocket knife design told starkly divergent stories to a New York federal court Monday about previous legal work the firm did for a knife maker facing a $1.7 million trademark judgment.
June 14, 2016
The Second Circuit on Tuesday paused B&F System Inc.'s appeal of a $1.7 million trademark judgment to allow a district judge to consider the company's bid to disqualify Locke Lord LLP, the counsel to opponent Victorinox AG, due to a purported conflict of interest.
December 15, 2015
A New York federal judge on Tuesday slashed a trademark judgment in favor of Swiss Army knife maker Victorinox AG from $8 million to $1.7 million, saying the statute of limitations bars the original award.
September 10, 2015
Swiss Army knife maker Victorinox AG has scored nearly $8 million in damages in a New York federal trademark suit against a Texas-based company that sold knockoffs of the red-handled pocket knife.