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Disney sued by Starz in Latin America
Starz, a Lions Gate Entertainment company, has filed lawsuits in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico against The Walt Disney Company, claiming the release of Disney’s new Star+ streaming service in Latin America infringes its StarzPlay trademark.Starz’ streaming service StarzPlay is available in Latin America since 2019, according to the lawsuit.
“Disney’s decision to launch a standalone general entertainment streaming service under the name Star+ and rename its existing channels to Star in Latin America -despite the prior existence of and trademark registrations for Starz’s own similarly named StarzPlay general entertainment streaming service- is extremely likely to cause customer confusion in the Latin American marketplace and infringes on Starz’s marks,” the lawsuit states.
On June 25, 2021, Disney was favored in one of the three countries: a ruling by the Court of Justice of Sao Paulo, Brazil, stated that the use of the Star trademark isn’t a violation of the rights arising from the Starzplay trademark.
Ferraiuoli LLC
Ferraiuoli LLC (FLLC) was founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. Rovira-Rullán, thus forming the founding core of FLLC. FLLC has grown exponentially since its founding from a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of three to its current size of 54 attorneys with a support staff of 38. Also, FLLC has grown from initially being known as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant to a business while continuing to earn praise for its leading intellectual property and corporate practices.
FLLC has been ranked as a leading law firm in Puerto Rico by the professional publication Chambers Latin America in intellectual property, corporate, bankruptcy, labor & employment, real estate, and tax law. Moreover, 17 FLLC partners have been ranked as leaders in their field by the same publication. 4 FLLC partners are ranked as leaders in Intellectual Property, no other firm has more than 2. This recognition in such a short period of time is a tribute to FLLC’s business model.
FLLC prides itself in doing its work faster and more cost-efficiently yet with the same quality as that of its main competitors. The founding name partners are available at all times to attend to client matters. Their work ethic sets the tone for the rest of the firm. FLLC’s founders’ goal has been steady from the outset: become one of the premier multiservice law firms in Puerto Rico.
