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Intellectual Property

Apr. 9, 2014

Susan E. Hollander

K&L Gates LLP San Francisco Trademark, copyright


When the director of the Godfather movies decided he needed to protect his family's surname and business, he turned to Hollander for assistance.


Francis Ford Coppola has used his name and cinematic fame to sell wines, pastas, sauces, olive oils and other gourmet goods over the past two decades.


With Hollander as his enforcer, Coppola filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in October against an unrelated Italian citizen, Ernesto Coppola, and his inte...

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