J.R. Scherr is a trial attorney and civil litigator who represents companies in complex commercial and intellectual property matters in private party and class action litigation. J.R.’s practice focuses on trademark, licensing, franchise and trade regulation issues, including Internet-based disputes and business torts. He is an experienced advocate for clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts across the country, as well as significant matters in mediation and arbitration.
Trademark
- Longtime trademark counsel for global owner of food certification and other marks. Successfully prosecuted to judgment or favorable settlement dozens of infringement and cybersquatting disputes relating to the client’s trademarks.
- Trademark litigation for global electronics manufacturer in multibillion-dollar infringement dispute with competitor
Franchise and Trade Regulation
- Representation of global electronics supplier in class action antitrust dispute
- Represented global personnel company in multiple franchise, licensing and commercial disputes
- Extensive franchise-related litigation in federal trial and appellate courts in the electronic security industry
E-commerce and New Media
- Represented well-known Internet-based travel and lodging providers in cybersquatting and spyware litigation
- Successfully litigated defamation and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims over commercial use of stealth Internet proxy services
- Represented large telecommunications provider in federal court litigation involving Voice-over-Internet (VoIP) and allegations of “stealth” services in wireless telecommunications
- Represented large television and Internet Service Provider in commercial dispute with cable competitor
- Is Your Kosher Logo Really Protected? Why and How to Protect the Integrity of Your Mark, Association of Kashrus Organizations, New York, N.Y. (Nov. 13, 2008)
- Arbitrate This: Taking Class Actions Out of Court, Bingham McCutchen Section of Complex Litigation, Washington, D.C. (Oct. 25, 2007)
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- Maryland Court of Appeals
- University of Maryland School of Law, Juris Doctor, with honors, 1998
- University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts, 1994