Barry M. Benjamin chairs Kilpatrick Townsend’s Advertising and Marketing group and is the Managing Partner of the firm's New York office. His practice focuses on advertising, privacy, and technology transactions, in areas where traditional and digital media converge, and where evolving distribution platforms and data gathering tools push the boundaries of intellectual property rights, privacy, technology, and content.

experierce

1.Represented international retail clothing brand development of SMS text message marketing program.

2.Successfully represented the world’s leading manufacturer of home furnishings in forcing competitor to stop making false and/or unsubstantiated “Made in the USA” claims in advertising.

3.Advise global telecommunications leader about FTC privacy regulations and the COPPA Rule specifically.

4.Successfully represented Gerson & Gerson, Inc., a children’s clothing designer, in a copyright infringement case relating to the defendant making knockoffs of its toddler dress designs. The firm negotiated a favorable monetary settlement for the client and obtained a final judgment on consent with permanent injunction.

5.Advised marketing agency on all fifty states’ regulations governing a sweepstakes promotions by wine and spirits distributors.

6.Successfully represented major medical supply company in forcing competitor to cease advertising that included false and/or unsubstantiated claims and copyright infringements.

7.Prepared for media platform a 50 states survey on the laws and regulations governing the acceptance of political advertisements, from candidates, PACs, and Super PACs.

8.Successfully defended one of the largest discount travel website's on the Internet in a claim for false advertisement and trademark infringement. The dispute was resolved with our client needing to take no action whatsoever.