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Firm News 8 results

Firm News | 5 min read | 08.20.26

Crowell & Moring Earns Top Honors in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 Edition, with Two Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 20, 2026: The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 57 of the firm's attorneys in its 2027 edition, a testament to the firm's deep bench of legal talent across practices and offices nationwide. In addition, 29 attorneys have been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list, recognizing outstanding attorneys earlier in their careers.

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Firm News | 1 min read | 07.30.26

Crowell & Moring Earns National Recognition in Managing IP’s 2026 USA IP Stars Rankings

Chicago – July 30, 2026: Managing Intellectual Property has recognized nine Crowell & Moring attorneys and five practice areas in its 2026 IP Stars rankings for the United States, underscoring the depth, breadth, and technical strength of the firm’s global Intellectual Property practice, which includes more than 100 attorneys, patent agents and technical advisors. The guide “covers a variety of IP practice areas and more than 80 jurisdictions, making it the most comprehensive and widely respected IP practitioner guide in the legal profession.” 

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Firm News | 2 min read | 02.21.25

Crowell & Moring, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, ACLU of Missouri, and ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project Achieve Victory in Reproductive Rights Case in Missouri

Washington – February 21, 2025: Missouri health care providers will be able to resume abortion care after a Jackson County Circuit judge temporarily blocked the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) last week. The TRAP restriction, Missouri’s abortion facility licensure requirement, had been left in place in a previous ruling and prevented providers, like Planned Parenthood, from resuming care, despite the state’s voters’ enacting an amendment on November 5, 2024, to enshrine a right to reproductive freedom in the Missouri Constitution. With this ruling, Missouri becomes the first state in the nation to restore abortion access after a total ban.

Client Alerts 11 results

Client Alert | 5 min read | 11.13.25

FTC and NAD Enforcement Priorities & ANA 2025

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs laid out their enforcement priorities during the 2025 ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference, at which Crowell & Moring attorneys spoke on and attended various panels.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.15.24

Can False Claims of Patent Protection Land You in the False Advertising Dawg(s) House?

The Federal Circuit recently held that a claim that a product is protected by patents when it is not may constitute false advertising. Defendants in this case, Dawgs Inc., accused the makers of Crocs of using the terms “patented,” ‘proprietary,” and “exclusive” in its advertising in a manner that misled consumers about the nature, characteristics, or qualities of its own products and the products of its competitors. Specifically, Dawgs alleged that Crocs made promotional statements that a patent covers its Croslite shoe material, that Croslite has numerous tangible benefits found in all of Crocs’ shoe products and that, because Croslite is “patented,” others’ products lack these same benefits. Crocs, Inc. v. Effervescent, Inc., No. 2022-2160, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 25001 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 3, 2024).

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Client Alert | 6 min read | 07.21.23

Something to Taco-Bout: Taco Bell Takes on TACO TUESDAY Trademark Registrations

It seems most everyone has been closely monitoring Taco Bell’s cancellation proceedings directed to federal trademark registrations covering the TACO TUESDAY trademark. On July 15, 2023, one of the registrants, Spicy Seasonings, LLC, withdrew its registration after decades of ownership, supporting Taco Bell’s allegations that the phrase is generic and therefore not protectable as a trademark.

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Press Coverage 7 results

Press Coverage | 07.10.26

The Biggest TM Rulings Of 2026: A Midyear Report

Law360

Press Coverage | 03.05.24

Judge Rips THC Drink Co.'s 'Repackaged' Injunction Bid

Law360

Press Coverage | 09.16.22

What's In A Font And Why It Matters In Copyright Fights

Law360

Publications 7 results

Publication | 05.14.24

2024 Lexology Advertising and Marketing USA

Crowell attorneys prepared Lexology’s Advertising and Marketing USA reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of a variety of countries’ advertising and marketing standards, including the legal and regulatory framework; private enforcement (litigation and administrative procedures); misleading advertising; prohibited and controlled advertising; social media advertising; and recent trends.

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Publication | September-October 2023

Three Key Challenges For Companies Entering The Metaverse

The Legal Technologist

Publication | 05.24.23

Expanding the Runway: Fashion and the Metaverse

Retail in the Metaverse and Beyond

Through the metaverse, the global fashion marketplace is experiencing unprecedented digital transformation that will fundamentally reimagine and expand how consumers experience fashion. The power of the metaverse does not end in its untapped monetary valuation (estimated at $800 billion over the next 10 years); it also provides a digital platform that creates new ways for global companies to connect with their consumers. With all that this medium has to offer, it is no surprise that major fashion brands are tuning in and entering the metaverse in droves.

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Events 2 results

Event | 05.29.25, 3:00 PM CDT - 5:00 PM CDT

2024-2025 IP Case Review

Catch up with significant IP decisions rendered in the last year in the areas of copyright, trademark, and patent law. Emily Kappers (Copyright) of Crowell & Moring, Jennifer Mikulina (Trademark) of McDermott, Will & Emory, and Katie Schelli (Patent) of Irwin IP will be explaining helpful takeaways and their potential impacts on the state of intellectual property law. Join us in person at McDermott, Will & Emory at 444 W Lake St. on May 29th beginning at 3:00pm or attend and ask questions virtually starting at 3:30pm. CLE credit is pending.

Event | 11.19.24

ChiWIP Litigation Bootcamp

Emily Kappers will present on Complaints / Answers during the Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP) Litigation Bootcamp on Tuesday, November 19. The ChiWIP Litigation Bootcamp features IP litigators from prominent Chicago law firms and industry experts who present on all aspects of the litigation process.

Webinars 1 result

Webinar | 11.04.21, 7:00 AM CDT - 8:00 AM CDT

Protecting Your Brand: Advertising Challenges, Trademark Strategies for E-Commerce, and Cyber Blind Spots

Lauren B. Aronson, Emily Kappers, Alexander Urbelis, and Howard Michael participated and presented in a webinar titled, "Protecting Your Brand: Advertising Challenges, Trademark Strategies for E-Commerce, and Cyber Blind Spots" for the Association of Corporate Counsel on November 4, 2021. This webinar addressed three particularly timely and critical activities vital to protecting client’s brands.

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