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NEWS FROM OSTROLENK, FABER, GERB & SOFFEN, LLP
May 2004

Douglas A. Miro, Marc A. Lieberstein and Douglas Q. Hahn successfully secured an emergency ex parte seizure order from the Southern District of New York on behalf of an Ostrolenk client that is a leading manufacturer of handbags and other accessories. The seizure order was attained in only four days. Ostrolenk executed the ex parte seizure of thousands of counterfeit handbags, as well as documents and computer records from a Lower Manhattan store on the same day that the seizure order was signed, before the counterfeit merchandise could be distributed to other retailers. OstrolenkÕs seizure saved the client immeasurable time and money in tracking down individual sellers as well as in shutting down a major distributor of counterfeit merchandise in New York City.

Marc A. Lieberstein, Partner, has been appointed to the Programs Board of the International Trademark Association. Mr. Lieberstein has also been named Chair of the Career Development Committee for the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Alumni Association.

Douglas A. Miro, Partner, has been named Co Chair for the Trade Secret Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Mark Farley has joined Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP as Of Counsel. Mr. Farley's practice focuses on patent prosecution, client counseling and opinion work. He specializes in chemical and mechanical patent matters for both large and small clients. He brings over nineteen years experience in the preparation, filing, prosecution and appeals of patents in a broad array of technical fields, including: pharmaceuticals, polymers, chemistry and chemical processes, pulp and paper, food science, perfumes and flavorants, glass formulations, propellants, motor vehicle passive restraint systems and golf equipment. He has extensive experience in international patent practice with particular emphasis on handling Japanese and European patent matters. He also handles matters relating to due diligence and intellectual property rights transfers, including the acquisition and sale of intellectual property.