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Robert L. Raskopf
New York Office Tel: 212-849-7000 Fax: 212-849-7100 robertraskopf@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Entertainment, Media and Internet Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Sports Litigation Education Boston College Law School, (J.D., 1976) Boston College Law Review: Editor, 1976
Boston College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1973) Beta Gamma Sigma
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Biography
Mr. Raskopf is a prominent trial and appellate lawyer in the intellectual property, media, sports, entertainment and privacy bars. His practice includes the following substantive areas: trademark, copyright, libel/First Amendment, privacy/publicity, patent, product configuration, trade dress, trade secrets and advertising. He has litigated many cases through trial and appeal, both jury and non-jury, in state and federal court, and has been counsel of record in over 60 reported decisions. Representative Clients
Chief outside intellectual property, litigation and licensing counsel to the NFL and its member clubs for more than two decades, and many of the decisions he has obtained for the NFL are recognized as being among the farthest reaching in sports marketing law.
Notable Representations
Sports Entertainment and Media Litigation
Representing the National Football League and the Dallas Cowboys in seeking a declaration of their right to employ the mark America's Team in connection with a variety of commercial activities.
Represented the National Football League and the Green Bay Packers in a trademark infringement and trade secret case against a company that had obtained publicity rights from various Packers players to use their names and numbers on football jerseys. Notwithstanding that the defendant had obtained those rights from the players, because it had not received approval from our clients, the jury in Milwaukee rendered a verdict in our favor, which was upheld by the Seventh Circuit.
Representing Madison Square Garden in an action brought by a film production company regarding the distribution of a documentary in which Madison Square Garden is the subject.
Representing Societe des Baines de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers a Monaco, the owner and operator of the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco, in a trademark infringement and anti-cybersquatting case in the United States claiming the defendant's website, casino software and domain name infringe its Casino De Monaco trademark.
Represented Wprost, a Polish national news magazine akin to Time or Newsweek, against claims by the daughter of a prominent Polish politician that facts published about her father's involvement in a controversial stock purchase were false. The case was dismissed when it was shown that the court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over Wprost, and that the magazine's website, written almost entirely in Polish, was not targeting readers in South Carolina, where the suit was brought.
Represented Audubon Magazine, the publication of the National Audubon society, in a federal defamation action in Fresno, California over the publication of information about an alleged importer of endangered species. |
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