On Monday, April 8, Jackson Walker secured an appellate victory in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on behalf of Tenax S.p.A., a world leader in the adhesive and stone sector. The Firm partnered with Michele Katz, founder of Chicago-based Advitam IP, to handle the appeal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

The case arose when the appellant filed a trademark application for a mark which the TTAB found to be too confusingly similar to the client’s registered trademark of nearly 20 years. The client challenged the trademark application after it was filed in 2014. The Appeals Court summarily affirmed the Board’s findings, granting Tenax a total victory.

Jackson Walker partners John M. Jackson and Matt C. Acosta, who argued the appeal, partnered with Advitam IP on behalf of Tenax. Established in 1960, Tenax S.p.A. operates in five continents and has production sites and sales offices in Italy, the U.S., China, and Germany.

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John M. Jackson has represented clients  in patent litigation and complex commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts throughout the country, and in the International Trade Commission. John has served as trial counsel in more than 125 patent infringement lawsuits nationally and has handed matters before the International Trade Commission. has tried three major patent infringement cases to a jury and has considerable experience with all aspects of the claim construction or Markman process in patent infringement lawsuits. He is also co-chairs the Firm’s Cybersecurity Litigation Group and counsels clients concerning data privacy issues. He has earned certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager through the International Association of Privacy Professionals.