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Ellis George partner Jeff Mitchell is representing the iconic jewelry company Tiffany & Co. in an ongoing intellectual property lawsuit against Costco. The case, pending in federal court in Manhattan, centers on Costco’s use of Tiffany’s distinctive trade name to sell its own engagement rings. A Fortune article entitled “This New Tiffany Ad Campaign Is Also a Salvo in a Legal Battle” features comments from Mitchell on why the case is so significant to his client: “This is Costco. This is not one little mom-and-pop shop on a street corner in Astoria,” Mitchell was quoted as saying. The article highlights a September 2015 court ruling finding “that Costco knowingly infringed on Tiffany’s intellectual property,” and goes on to mention an upcoming trial on damages, where Mitchell and fellow Ellis George attorneys Judith Cohen and Erin Burns will be representing Tiffany.