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Jenner & Block partnered with Out in Finance on January 21 to deliver "The State of Equality," a comprehensive legal briefing on the current state of LGBTQ+ rights at the firm’s New York office. Partners Ali Arain, Jason Hipp, Rémi Jaffré, and Cayman Mitchell provided strategic insights on pivotal US Supreme Court decisions, emerging state legislative trends, and international legal developments affecting the LGBTQ+ community.

A basic rule of trademark law is that trademark protection cannot be obtained for a term that is “generic,” meaning that it simply designates the type of goods at issue. For example, the term “apple” is generic when used to sell apples, so an apple producer could not obtain a trademark for APPLE. By contrast, a computer manufacturer can obtain trademark rights in the term APPLE—because the term does not describe the manufacturer’s products.

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.

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.

For his legal accomplishments in Media & Entertainment, Partner Rémi Jaffré was recognized as a Rising Star by Law360. The award celebrates top practitioners under age 40.

Partners Rémi Jaffré, Niqui Kohli, and Tali Leinwand were named 2024 Rising Stars by Law360. The award recognizes 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Utah recognized Partners Jeremy Creelan and Rémi Jaffré with the 2023 Mickey Duncan Award. The award honors individuals and law firms who share Mickey Duncan’s, a founder of the ACLU of Utah, commitment to civil liberties and the protection of individual freedoms.

On June 16, the United States District Court for the District of Utah granted Southern Utah Drag Stars (Drag Stars) a preliminary injunction, allowing them to host their family-friendly drag performance in a public venue. In late May, in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah Foundation, Inc., (ACLU of Utah), Jenner & Block filed a lawsuit on behalf of Mitski Avalōx and Drag Stars against the City of St. George for denying them a

In partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah Foundation, Inc., (ACLU of Utah), Jenner & Block is representing the organization Southern Utah Drag Stars, which filed a lawsuit challenging the city of St. George, Utah’s censorship of drag performances.

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

Jenner & Block, in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and Lambda Legal, filed a lawsuit in Oklahoma challenging SB 613, a new law that bans necessary and often lifesaving gender-affirming medical care to transgender adolescents and threatens providers who violate the law with a felony conviction and discipline from their licensing boards.

Jenner & Block elevated 10 lawyers to the partnership this year, promoting associates and special counsel from the firm’s Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC offices.

A team of Jenner & Block lawyers won an Eleventh Circuit appeal on behalf of client ViacomCBS Inc. (n/k/a Paramount Global) in a $100 million trademark dispute over the title of the reality show “MTV Floribama Shore.”

A Jenner & Block team led by Partners Michelle Kallen and Jeremy Creelan, and Associates Remi Jaffre and Owen Keiter, recently filed an amicus brief in the New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department supporting YU Pride Alliance and students seeking to have Yeshiva University recognize and treat their LGBTQ+ affinity groups as it does other such groups and clubs.  Plaintiffs prevailed in the lower court and the amici seek to support affirmance of that decision.  

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.

In an article for the New York Law Journal, Partner Alison I. Stein and Associates Rémi J.D. Jaffré and Andrew C. Elliott discuss the ongoing litigation in two New York trademark cases and unsettled trademark law issues raised by non-fungible tokens (NFTs). They share their insights into the challenges and fundamentally different questions the cases raise within the trademark doctrine which could ultimately shape the rapidly evolving NFT marketplace. Ms. Stein is co-chair of Jenner & Block’s Con

A team led by Partner Susan J. Kohlmann won a complete victory for client ViacomCBS in a trademark dispute over the title of the MTV reality show "MTV Floribama Shore."