Gianni P.Servodidio

Nine Jenner & Block partners have been named to Lawdragon’s 2026 list of the 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers. Lawdragon recognizes preeminent lawyers who guide the world's leading media, entertainment, and technology companies through their most critical legal challenges. Jenner’s Content, Media, and Entertainment practice spans the full spectrum of the industry — from television, motion pictures, music, and video games to sports and betting, digital assets and blockchai

Twenty-nine Jenner & Block partners have been named to Lawdragon’s 2026 “500 Leading Litigators in America” list. The award honors lawyers who have excelled in commercial litigation, product liability, mass torts, securities and other fiduciary litigation, white collar and investigations, administrative proceedings, class actions, antitrust, energy and technology disputes, intellectual property, trademark and patent wars.

Jenner & Block Partners Gianni Servodidio and Rémi Jaffré were honored as The American Lawyer’s Litigators of the Week for securing a multi-court victory on behalf of MSN Pharmaceuticals, clearing the path for the launch of the first generic version of Entresto, a life-saving heart failure medication.

In a significant victory for pharmaceutical competition and access to generic drugs, Jenner & Block secured a key litigation win on behalf of client MSN Pharmaceuticals. A federal judge denied a pharmaceutical company’s request for injunctive relief, removing an obstacle to MSN’s planned launch of a generic version of Entresto, a widely used heart failure medication.

Two years after the US Supreme Court’s decision in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., US trademark owners and global businesses continue to grapple with its implications for cross-border enforcement. The ruling marked a significant shift in how—and where—trademark rights can be asserted under the Lanham Act, prompting many companies to reassess their international intellectual property strategies.

Nine Jenner & Block partners have been named to Lawdragon’s inaugural list of the 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers. The accolade honors the country’s top lawyers in entertainment, sports, and media who advise sports icons, leagues, teams, universities, and more on a host of issues such as antitrust and IP.

On February 26, 2025, in a unanimous opinion, the US Supreme Court vacated a $43 million trademark infringement award and ruled that trademark plaintiffs cannot recover profits from defendants’ affiliates when those affiliates are not themselves named as defendants in the lawsuit.[1]The Supreme Court’s decision vacated plaintiff Dewberry Engineers’ award because it disgorged profits from defendant Dewberry Group’s affiliates without those affiliates being parties to the suit.

This week, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a Jenner & Block’s team 2022 jury trial win that protected beverage maker Diageo’s trademarked design of its distinctive Bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey bottles.

A team of Jenner & Block lawyers secured asylum for a pro bono client and his family who were forced to flee their home country of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul in August 2021. Our client and his family were facing persecution from the Taliban due to his former work as a contractor for foreign entities including the U.S. Army and work as a prosecutor for the former Afghan government. 

Partner Susan Kohlmann, President of the New York City Bar Association, and Partner Gianni Servodidio will speak at the inaugural Intellectual Property Institute. Co-sponsored by Jenner & Block, the New York City Bar Association’s Council on Intellectual Property will host the full-day event offering a review of trends, developments, and cutting-edge issues in today’s intellectual property practice.

This client alert provides an update on case law following the Supreme Court’s decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. For the prior client alert on the Jack Daniel’s decision, click here.

On September 25, US District Judge Paul Gardephe issued an order granting a Jenner & Block team’s motion to dismiss the federal trademark claims brought by Liberty Tax Service. The plaintiff alleged that clients AMC Networks Inc. and Sony Pictures Television Inc. had infringed on their trademark and trade dress with the depiction of a fictional business in the show “Better Call Saul.”

On March 21, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. over whether the infringement provisions of the United States Trademark Act impose liability for damages and injunctive relief where the defendant’s use of a mark takes place in part outside the United States but tarnishes the goodwill of a US mark owner, causing it to lose sales, and poses a likelihood of confusing consumers in and outside of the United States. (Jenner & Blo

The team of Jenner & Block lawyers who represented Warner Bros. in the lawsuit is pleased to have helped resolve this litigation to the satisfaction of the parties.

Managing IP honored a Jenner & Block team led by Partners Debbie L. Berman and Wade A. Thomson for their appellate victory on behalf of client Hetronic International in a trademark and trade secrets dispute. The victory won in the “Impact Case of the Year” category at an event on April 7 in New York. The Managing IP Awards celebrate the firms, individuals, and companies behind the most innovative and challenging intellectual property work, as well as those driving the international IP market.

On August 24, the United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s $113 million verdict for our client Hetronic International Inc. against two of its former European distributor for selling copycat products, as well as an injunction against selling infringing products in every country in which Hetronic markets or sells its products.

A firm team represented Copyright Alliance, an organization that protects creators and innovators and their copyrights, as amicus curiae in the case SAS Institute Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. In the case, SAS sued World Programming for infringing its software’s copyright. Before trial, the lower court held a “Copyrightability Hearing” and determined that SAS’s software was not protectable; SAS appealed that decision to the Federal Circuit. In their amicus brief, the firm team sought to

In February 2021, Jenner & Block Partner Gianni P. Servodidio became co-chair of the Trademark, Advertising, and Unfair Competition Practice with Partner Susan J. Kohlmann.

From securing a definitive victory in a dispute over the rights to John Steinbeck’s iconic works to representing FOX in the launch of its online sports betting platform, Jenner & Block’s Content, Media & Entertainment (CME) Practice achieved success in numerous high-profile, complex matters in 2019.  Law360 noted those and other accomplishments in a profile recognizing the group as a Practice Group of the Year in the Media & Entertainment category.

The firm’s Content, Media and Entertainment (CME) Practice secured victories and successes in several significant matters, culminating in its recognition as Practice Group of the Year in the categories of Media & Entertainment and Sports & Betting.  The honor recognizes law firms behind what Law360 calls the “litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.”