By Manual Farach In Re: Certification of Need For Additional Judges, Case No. SC2024-1721 (Fla. 2024). https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/2444685/opinion/Opinion_SC2024-1721.pdf The Florida Supreme Court certifies the need for two additional judges for the district courts of appeal, twenty-three circuit judges, and twenty-five county judges. Quintana v. Rodriguez Family Investment Partnership, LLLP, Case No. 3D23-968 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024)....Read More

By Manuel Farach In Re: Amendments To Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Case No. SC2023-0962 (Fla. 2024). https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/2444348/opinion/Opinion_SC2023-0962.pdf The Florida Supreme Court leaves in place the proportionality requirements for discovery, requires objections to discovery be made with “specificity” and “including the reason” for the objection, requires objections to state whether documents are being withheld based...Read More

By Valerie David Roque v Swezy, Civil Action No. 3D23-1836, 2024 WL 1895141 (Fla. 3d DCA May 1, 2024). Roque initiated the lawsuit against her former romantic and business partner Lewis Swezy for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and tortious interference among other things.  Swezy’s counsel propounded discovery requests including a Request for...Read More

Ortid, LLC v. Hawk Industries, Germany, GMBH, Opposition No. 91267979 (TTAB August 30, 2024)(sustaining Notice of Opposition based on prior rights of Opposer) In Ortid, LLC v. Hawk Industries, Germany, GMBH, Opposition No. 91267979 (TTAB August 30, 2024), a case that was filed in March 2021, Michael Chesal and Albert Alvarez successfully represented the Plaintiff in...Read More

By: Michael Chesal Counsel for the Applicant, Michael Chesal and Peretz Chesal & Herrmann, P.L. It’s rare to have a client willing to appeal a refusal to register a mark at the USPTO.  It’s even more rare to prevail on appeal, as the TTAB historically affirms about 90% of refusals based on likelihood of confusion. Therefore,...Read More