Trademark & Intellectual Property

eDiligence was retained through the counsel of a major telecommunications company to research the date of first use claims made by a small rival which was holding up the award of a new trademark. The company had already spent a great deal of time and money preparing the marketing campaign for the launch of this new product. eDiligence was able to cast enough doubt concerning the use claims by the rival that our client was able to successfully appeal to the USPTO.

eDiligence was contracted to investigate internet auction sales of a counterfeit luxury goods. The ultimate client was concerned that the cheap knockoffs were lessening the image of their prominent brand. eDiligence meticulously documented the problem, including the collection of some goods from the gray market. The client was able to approach the auction house with this evidence.  The auction house, fearing a lawsuit, developed a program with the client to remove these fraudulent postings from their web site and to monitor such activity in the future.