Gordon Troy

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About Gordon Troy

Gordon Troy is an Intellectual Property lawyer concentrating on trademark, copyright, unfair competition, technology and employment law. He provides general intellectual property counseling and litigation to clients in a wide range of industries. Gordon has extensive experience representing clients in the emerging information technology and software industries, as well as conventional intellectual property matters. His practice is focused on working with start-up, micro, and small companies and helping them through the early stages of development to protect and build company value in its products and services with an eye toward further financing, acquisition or public offering. His firm provides comprehensive and cohesive trademark protection on a world-wide basis and is affiliated with trademark attorneys throughout the world. Gordon and his firm have extensive experience with International Trademarks, including Paris convention filings, national filings, Madrid Protocol/WIPO matters, domain disputes, domain name transactions, multi-media, internet, licensing and litigation. Gordon was the lead trial counsel representing the world's largest Pilates equipment manufacturer where the Court found that the trademark Pilates was generic, and fraudulently obtained. Pilates, Inc. v. Current Concepts, Inc, 120 F.Supp.2d 286, 57 U.S.P,Q.2d 1174 (S.D.N.Y. Gordon has represented many fashion companies along with many of the largest retailers accused of copyright infringement. He overturned a temporary restraining order where the band Phish sued our client to stop making t-shirts about the band's songs. Successfully represented a Vermont cereal company against Kelloggs after they threatened to sue them for infringement of three different trademarks. Successful in obtaining and protecting many domain names for our clients. Gordon and his firm work with many startup companies guiding them through all of the initial and follow-on stages of intellectual property protection, licensing, distribution and worldwide expansion. Representation of domestic and international trademark protection, infringements, counterfeit and gray market goods, and licensing. Specialties: United States and World-Wide trademark - prosecution, maintenance, renewal, litigation, administrative proceedings-oppositions & cancellations, copyrights, multi-media, and domain disputes. Computer software, Internet law and employment issues for technology driven companies.