North America - United States • Intellectual property
Jones Day
Cleveland’s Carrie Kiedrowski co-leads the ‘very practical, efficient, and knowledgeable’ team at Jones Day, which demonstrates wide-ranging capabilities in trademark, advertising, and unfair competition litigation, drawing strength from an office network that covers the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific regions. Kiedrowski holds a wealth of experience in online trademark infringement issues and domain name disputes before the WIPO. Also in Cleveland is Meredith Wilkes, who operates for household name clients in trademark, trade dress, and design patent litigation. Based in Washington DC, veteran litigator John Froemming is well-versed in Lanham Act-related disputes. In Houston, Houston’s Anna E. Raimer strengthens the team with her experience before the TTAB, as well as her multi-jurisdictional capabilities, while Megan McKeown contributes her expertise across the sectors of airlines, media, and tech to the practice.
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Testimonials
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'Very practical, efficient, and knowledgeable. Jones Day’s trademark database for clients to manage their trademark portfolios is a game changer.’
‘Carrie Kiedrowski is excellent.'
Key clients
- McCain Foods, USA
- The NOCO Company
- Ricoh Company, Ltd. And Ricoh USA, Inc.
- McCain Foods Limited and McCain Foods USA, Inc.
- Axion Biosystems, Inc.
- Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
- The Wikimedia Foundation
Work highlights
- Defending McCain Foods, a producers of frozen potato products, against allegations of trade dress and design patent infringement brought by Simplot, one of McCain’s chief competitors, in connection with the shape of a twisted French fry product.
- Representing The NOCO Company before the ITC and in various US District Courts, in connection with Lanham Act claims against various infringers selling knockoff battery charger cases which infringes NOCO’s proprietary X Design Trade Dress.
- Defending Axion Biosystems in connection with false advertising claims, as well as patent infringement claims, raised against its biotech platforms by a direct competitor.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Carrie Kiedrowski, Edouard Fortunet