Neil K. Roman

Neil Roman is a partner whose areas of practice include civil litigation, sports law, copyright litigation, trademark litigation, insurance coverage litigation, labor law, and antitrust law.  He also serves as one of the firm’s Managing Partners for Legal Personnel, having previously served as one of the hiring partners.

Representative Matters

• National Football League v. PrimeTime 24 Joint Venture, 211 F.3d 10 (2d Cir. 2000) and 131 F. Supp. 2d 458 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
• CBS, Inc. v. PrimeTime 24 Joint Venture, 9 F. Supp.2d 1333 (S.D. Fla. 1998)
• Durkin v. National Football League, 85 F.3d 611 (3d Cir. 1996)
• Stoutenborough v. National Football League, 59 F.3d 580 (6th Cir. 1995)
• White v. National Football League, 41 F.3d 402 (8th Cir. 1994)
• National Football League v. Rondor, Inc., 840 F. Supp. 1160 (N.D. Ohio 1993) 

Publications and Speeches

• "US Trademark Owners Secure Another Win...well sort of," Trademark World (November 2006), Co-Author
• "Trademark Dilution Revision Act to Become Law," Covington E-Alert (10/3/2006), Co-Author
• "Dealing With Dilution," Trademark World (October/November 2003), Author