Bingham B. Leverich

Bing Leverich practices in the areas of intellectual property, antitrust and litigation.  He is engaged primarily in trademark, unfair competition, copyright, false advertising, rights of publicity, and Internet-related matters, both litigation and advisory.

Mr. Leverich has represented numerous clients in trademark, false advertising and antitrust actions in courts throughout the country as well as in administrative and arbitration proceedings. He also supervises the firm’s extensive trademark prosecution and advisory practice.

Representative Matters

• Defended SPI Group against false advertising claims concerning STOLICHNAYA vodka in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Represented Spirits International, an affiliate of SPI Group, on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from a decision of the TTAB denying registration of the mark MOSKOVSKAYA for vodka on the ground that it is primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive.
• Represented Armani in trademark litigation concerning the ARMANI mark in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
• Represented Cartier in trademark litigation concerning the CARTIER mark in the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of New York.
• Represented NBA Properties and the NBA member teams in trademark litigation concerning the DREAM TEAM mark in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
• Represented Rosie O’Donnell in trademark and rights of publicity litigation concerning the ROSIE name and mark in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
• Represented Chloé in trademark litigation concerning the CHLOÉ mark in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Pro Bono

• Board of Directors of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, DC, Co-chair
• Board of Trustees of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Member
• Numerous pro bono representations of clients in litigation and advisory matters.
  

Publications and Speeches

• "Responses To Document Requests Can Be Fatal!," Law360 (8/26/2011), Co-Author
• "Second Circuit Rules That Use Of Trademarks In Internet Keyword Advertising Constitutes Actionable Trademark Use," Covington E-Alert (4/15/2009), Co-Author
• "Trademark Dilution Revision Act to Become Law," Covington E-Alert (10/3/2006), Co-Author