News: Taft featured on the big screen in "Dark Waters" starring Mark Ruffalo,
Tim Robbins, & Anne Hathaway about Taft's 20-year fight against DuPont
Dec 2022: Taft expands to 800+ attorneys with Detroit merger
Jan 2023: New Copyright Claims Board Creates “Small Claims” Alternative to Litigation (Jan 2023)
Sept 2022: Taft Recognized as Top 10 Trademark Law Firm
Aug 2022: Bass again named among Best Lawyers in America™
-Bass is ranked in top 5% of private practice attorneys nationwide by 2023 Best Lawyers™ along with 243 Taft attorneys.
Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Entertainment, Publicity & Defamation, Contracts, & Business
We have the resources, knowledge and experience to respond quickly and forcefully to our clients' needs for litigation services and to meet any challenge. Taft attorneys have represented clients in a broad range of industries involving all aspects of IP rights, and have demonstrated success in bench and jury trials and appeals in federal and state courts, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Taft is recognized for IP litigation in the IAM Patent 1000 rankings. Our IP & entertainment litigation experience includes:
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Trademark infringement
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Copyright infringement
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Trade dress infringement
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Entertainment disputes
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Trademark Opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Domain name dispute proceedings
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Trade secret violations
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Representation of concert & festival promoters and venues
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Right of Publicity
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Defamation and Privacy
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Contract and Business disputes
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Band member disputes
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Record Label lawsuits
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Prosecution and Defense of DMCA claims
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False advertising
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Unfair competition
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Patent litigation
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Patent reexaminations before the U.S. Patent Office
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Hatch-Waxman litigation and Inter Partes Review

Celebrating
25 Years
In Practice 1998--2023
Leon D. Bass / Of Counsel*
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
P: 614-431-2277 (call/text)
65 E. State St. Ste. 1000
Columbus, OH 43215
Kathy Cox
Legal Assistant to Leon Bass
P: 614.220.0228
*Leon Bass is licensed as an attorney to practice law in Ohio and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Brown, Blaique J.
Kathy Cox