A Likelihood of Preclusion
An eighteen-year dispute between B&B Hardware Inc. (B&B) and Hargis Industries Inc. (Hargis) has culminated in the first substantive trademark case[1] to be heard by the United States Supreme Court in a decade.[2] At issue is the relationship between the ...
Pamela Gavin Selected as Virginia’s Legal Elite!
Pamela Gavin has been selected by her peers as a member of Virginia's Legal Elite in the Intellectual Property category for 2014! ...
Protecting Your Trademarks in the New Age of Domains Names
As you may know, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently decided to open up more than 1,000 domains outside of the .com, .net, and .biz variety. Many new domains are now available and more are coming ...
Are Your Marks Protected from Genericide?
Federal trademark law allows a party with standing to cancel the registration of a mark deemed “generic.” In the IP community, this is often called "genericide". Under the Lanham Act, the recognized test for generic marks is “the primary significance ...
Gavin Law Offices has Moved to a New Office
On October 25, 2013 Gavin Law Offices, PLC moved to a new office. The firm’s new address is: 2229 Pump Road Richmond, VA 23233 ...
Gavin Helps to Feed Children in the Commonwealth
Gavin Law Offices, PLC contributed 6,025 pounds of food to the Legal Food Frenzy winning 3rd Place Small Firm donations per capita. As a team, we have helped feed insecure children and adults throughout the Commonwealth ...
Pam Gavin to Speak at Asian & Latino International Trade Summit
Pam Gavin was selected as one of the featured speakers at the Asian & Latino International Trade Summit, organized by the Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise, Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Asian American Society ...
