<div dir="ltr">Janice,<div><br></div><div>How would this be different from any of the former band member disputes? Assuming that the splinter group's name is XYZ GROUP, what else would their counsel say to identify their client?</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards, <br>Michael<br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ  07039<br><br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300  fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 4:24 PM Janice Housey via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4016116038484103951">





<div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="m_4016116038484103951WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">All—<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was recently presented with an interesting hypothetical situation:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s party A’s trademark is XYZ GROUP (i.e., a trademark particularly associated with a particular group/organization/institution--  and the mark is registered th), a splinter group forms and claims that they are the “real” XYZ GROUP and
 starts using XYZ GROUP in various ways.  (Yes—party A is addressing these infringements.)  In the meantime,  attorneys representing the splinter group sends correspondence to third parties identifying themselves as “Attorneys for XYZ GROUP.”<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are the splinter group’s attorneys potentially liable for trademark infringement as well?  Anyone aware of any case law on this issue?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white">Janice Housey</span></i></b><span lang="DE" style="color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white"> </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Sylfaen,serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white">Litmus Law PLLC<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Sylfaen,serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Sylfaen,serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white">NEW MAILING ADDRESS!</span></u></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Sylfaen,serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white"><br>
4 Weems Lane #240<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Sylfaen,serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white">Winchester, Virginia 22601</span><span lang="DE" style="color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white"> </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Sylfaen,serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white">703.957.5274 office<br>
703.851.6737 cell</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white"><br>
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION<br>
This communication is subject to the attorney-client privilege of confidentiality, and is intended only for the identified recipient.  If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies, hard and electronic, in your
 possession.  Thank you.</span><span lang="DE" style="color:rgb(176,37,37);background:white"> </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div>
</div>

-- <br>
E-trademarks mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<a href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
</div></blockquote></div>