Robert S. Weisbein is a partner in Foley’s IP Litigation and Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practices. He has litigated trademark, unfair competition and copyright and false advertising matters for clients such as Burlington Coat Factory, Nokia, Yahoo!, Toys "R" Us and Emerson Radio Corporation. Mr. Weisbein is experienced with dispute proceedings before the federal courts, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the National Advertising Division of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., various name dispute arbitration panels, as well as mediations before private and court appointed mediators, and mediations conducted under the auspices of the International Trademark Association. Mr. Weisbein also counsels clients in the areas of trademark and copyright clearance protection and advertising substantiation and clearance.
Mr. Weisbein has spoken extensively on various topics of trademark law including trademark litigation, trade dress, dilution and Internet-related issues at programs presented by the American Law Institute/American Bar Association, American Corporate Counsel Association, International Trademark Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Global Business Communications, The Intellectual Property Society for Australia and New Zealand as well as at various law schools such as the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago, Illinois. In recognition of his experience in the field, he has been named in the 2011 World Trademark Review's "WTR 1000" directory.
Mr. Weisbein’s recent representative cases include: Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Burlington Coat Factory, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32844 (S.D.N.Y. May 23, 2006) (defeated request, for a second time, for a preliminary injunction in trademark and trade dress infringement and dilution case); Sharper Image et al. v. Honeywell Int’l, Inc. et al., No. C-02-4860 (CW) (N.D. Cal. filed Oct. 8, 2002) (defeated motion for TRO and preliminary injunction in trade dress and patent infringement case).
Mr. Weisbein has also written articles on various aspects of trademark law for publications including IP Today and Bay Area Lawyer.
Mr. Weisbein received his J.D. from Emory University (1982) and received his B.A. in political science from George Washington University (1979).
Mr. Weisbein is admitted to practice in New York and Georgia.