Preserving roots in its historic home of Louisville, Kentucky, the firm maintains a national practice while priding itself on personal working relationships with its clients. Maintaining its status as a medium sized law firm for more than 150 years, the Middleton Reutlinger philosophy has been to provide a broad range of legal services for a diverse client base.
Middleton Reutlinger’s goal is to provide accessible service in an efficient manner. The firm understands each client’s business and tailors its services to meet the ever-changing demands of the business environment.
Middleton Reutlinger IP attorney Scot A. Duvall co-authored an amicus curiae (”friend of the court”) brief on behalf of the International Trademark Association (INTA), in a case pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Levi Strauss & Co. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co., No. 09-16322. The INTA brief urges the Ninth Circuit to reject an “identical or nearly identical” marks requirement for claims of dilution by blurring under the Trademark Dilution Revision Act (TDRA), available only to the owners of famous and distinctive trademarks. The INTA brief explains that the degree of similarity of the marks is a factor to be considered with other relevant factors, and that no threshold requiring a particular degree of similarity was established by the TDRA.
Mr. Duvall was a principal drafter of the Trademark Dilution Revision Act. Prior to that, Mr. Duvall served as co-counsel representing the Petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court trademark case, Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc., in which the Court issued a unanimous 9-0 decision in favor of the Petitioner.
MR ranked #1 in IP Law in Kentucky by Best Lawyers in in America®
Six Middleton Reutlinger attorneys were named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers® : Kenneth Handmaker, Administrative Law; James Higgins, Jr., Intellectual Property Law; Chuck Lamb, Intellectual Property Law; James Milliman, Commercial Litigation; Timothy O’Mara, Workers’ Compensation; John Salazar, Intellectual Property Law. Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey. Middleton Reutlinger also ranked #1 in both Louisville and Kentucky in Intellectual Property Law with three attorneys in IP Law, the most IP attorneys listed in Best Lawyersof any firm in Kentucky.
Eleven Middleton Reutlinger attorneys were recognized as 2009 Kentucky Super Lawyers: Hank Alford, Business/Corporate; Scot Duvall, Intellectual Property; Mark Fenzel, Business Litigation; G. Kennedy Hall, Jr., Employment Litigation Defense; Kenneth Handmaker, Labor & Employment; James Higgins, Jr., Intellectual Property; Charles G. Middleton, III, Civil Litigation Defense; James Milliman, General Litigation; Dennis Murrell, Business Litigation; Timothy O’Mara, Workers’ Compensation; John Salazar, Intellectual Property. Two MR attorneys, James Milliman and James Higgins, Jr. were named in the Top 50 Kentucky Super Lawyers 2009. Kentucky Super Lawyers selects attorneys based on research of peer recognition and professional achievement by legal publisher, Law & Politics.
Ten Middleton Reutlinger attorneys are recognized in Chambers USA 2009 as leading lawyers in their respective fields in Kentucky: Gregory Compton, Real Estate; Mark Fenzel, Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense and General Commercial Litigation; Julie Gregory, Intellectual Property; Kenneth Handmaker, Labor & Employment; James Higgins, Jr., Intellectual Property; Thomas Ice, Jr., Real Estate; Gregory Mayes, Real Estate; James Milliman, General Litigation; Dennis Murrell, General Commercial Litigation; Michael Tigue, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use. The firm’s Intellectual Property, Litigation and Real Estate practice groups were also recognized. Chambers USA ranks attorneys and law firms based on reviews by clients and peers.