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Rob Hunziker focuses on copyright and trademark counseling, prosecution, and litigation. Mr. Hunziker routinely represents clients in trademark litigation before federal courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, conducts worldwide intellectual property due diligence, and advises clients about how best to protect their intellectual property in negotiations and enforcement efforts.
- Provided trademark counsel to the underwriters in a $144 million global offering of ordinary shares and ADSs of ERYTECH Pharma S.A., a France-based company developing therapies for rare forms of cancer and orphan diseases using a novel technology to encapsulate therapeutic drug substances inside red blood cells.
- Represent a global manufacturer and seller of spirits in administrative proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Serve as counsel for the Public Broadcasting Service and its member stations in litigation before the Copyright Royalty Board relating to the distribution of statutory copyright royalties.
- Assisted in the drafting of an amicus brief on behalf of the Copyright Alliance, supporting copyright protections for authors, composers, journalists, filmmakers, artists, and other creative individuals and small businesses.
- Represented a client in the automobile industry through the investigation and litigation of a trademark matter before reaching a successful settlement on the eve of trial.
- Attained a withdrawal with prejudice shortly after commencing discovery for an opposition filed against a client’s trademark application before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Pro Bono
- Assisted a prominent animal welfare organization in shutting down counterfeit webpages aimed at diverting donations from the organization’s annual charity event.
- Guided a children’s advocacy and educational organization in IP negotiations with a former affiliate.
- Obtained federal trademark registrations for a global sustainability organization.
- Achieved a remand order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims over the denial of a Coast Guard veteran’s benefits.
- Helped a young artist secure trademark and copyright protections for the cornerstone properties of a planned comic book company.
Memberships and Affiliations
- International Trademark Association
- Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court
- American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law
May 4, 2020, Covington Alert
As we continue to socially distance ourselves in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re sharing copyrighted works in new ways and with increasing frequency. And while copyright probably isn’t the first thing on people’s minds as we navigate this “new normal,” these rapid changes in how we interact can raise a number of concerns about how copyrighted materials are ...
March 25, 2020, Covington Alert
Piracy has long been a problem in America, although modern day pirates of intellectual property bear little resemblance to their old-school counterparts sailing along the Caribbean and the American coast. Yet in a ruling on Monday, March 23, the Supreme Court tied together the legacies of those two very different types of pirates: modern-day state governments ...
Covington Advises Aristocrat in Acquisition of Plarium and Related Acquisition Financing
August 15, 2017
WASHINGTON—Covington, together with Israeli-based law firm Allens and Herzog Fox & Neeman, is representing Aristocrat Leisure Limited, a leading provider of gaming solutions, in its acquisition of Plarium Global Limited and the related acquisition financing. Aristocrat will make an upfront cash payment of $500 million plus earn-out payments based on Plarium’s ...
June 20, 2017, Covington Alert
In a case that has drawn significant media attention for its potential effect on the Washington Redskins organization, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday, June 19, that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) cannot deny a trademark registration on the basis that the proposed mark may “disparage” “persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, ...