Georges Nahitchevansky concentrates his practice in litigation and counseling on trademark, copyright and Internet matters across a broad spectrum of industries both in the U.S. and internationally. His experience ranges from handling U.S. and worldwide enforcement of trademarks and copyrights, including complex cross border disputes and multi-jurisdictional priority disputes, to counseling on registration programs and the negotiating, advising and drafting of licensing, acquisition and Internet related agreements.

Mr. Nahitchevansky has successfully litigated as lead counsel, both on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, a wide array of trademark and copyright disputes. His experience includes the successful representation of numerous celebrities and Fortune 500 companies in hundreds of Internet related disputes, including website content, domain name and advertising disputes. Mr. Nahitchevansky has also handled numerous “grey market” goods cases that have resulted in awards of injunctive relief and monetary damages. He has extensive international and U.S. trademark and copyright portfolio counseling, licensing and management experience.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Nahitchevansky practiced with Fross, Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. In addition, Mr. Nahitchevansky is fluent in French and has shot, directed and produced a number of films and videos that have been distributed and released throughout the world.

Mr. Nahitchevansky is listed in the 2012 edition of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals. He is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

American Bar Association, Member

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member

MARQUES, Member of the Membership Team

Russian Children's Welfare Society, Inc., Member of the Board of Directors

Education

  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D. (1991)
    magna cum laude
  • Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, B.S. (1979)
  • Northwestern University, M.A. (1981)

Bar Admissions

  • New York (1992)

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Who We Are

The Grace Building, 1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY, 10036-7703
USA
t +1 212.775.8720
f +1 212.775.8820

Georges Nahitchevansky

Experience Highlights

Trademark and copyright counseling for a global financial services firm
Provides trademark, copyright and Internet counseling, litigation and other enforcement representation management for a global financial firm. more
Formula One Licensing B.V. v. Purple Interactive Ltd.
Represented plaintiff in obtaining, through mediation, the return of more than 400 domain names based on the marks FORMULA 1 and F1 used in more
Pearson Education, Inc. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Thompson Learning, Inc. v. Thomas Lewis, Pelican Bookshop, Inc., et al.
Successfully represented Pearson Education Inc. in obtaining a permanent injunction and damages arising out of the unauthorized sale of foreign more
Trademark litigation for a financial and technology company
Successfully represented a financial and technology company in stopping the use and registration of a mark related to their name being used for more