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 and 2013 editions of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals. In 2012, he was recommended by Legal 500 US in the areas of Copyright and Non-Contentious Trademark Law. Mr. Nahitchevansky was recognized as a New York "Super Lawyer" in 2011 and 2012 by SuperLawyers magazine. He was named a 2013 "IP Star" by Managing Intelletual Property magazine. Mr. Nahitchevansky 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)

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 counsel for a global music label
Serves as counsel to one of the largest music labels in the industry on trademark enforcement, prosecution and Internet issues. more
International trademark representation for client in environmental credit industry
Counseled multinational corporate client on international trademark issues in the environmental credit industry. more
Market Corner Realty Assocs. v. CGM-GH LLC
Defeated preliminary injunction motion brought by competitor seeking to prevent well-known restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow and his company from opening more
Copyright protection for Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.
Successfully represented Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. in reaffirming its copyright rights under the Berne more