I practice brand creation and protection law, including trademark counseling, clearance, registration, maintenance, and enforcement both in the U.S. and overseas. My pre-legal career in publishing, marketing, and nonprofit development enables me to bring real-world business experience into my practice, which includes the fashion, financial services, cosmetics, sporting goods, automotive, technology, pharma, publishing, and other industries. I represent U.S. clients doing business in Europe, Latin America, China and the Pacific Rim, and elsewhere; as well as global clients doing business in the United States. I also assist clients with copyright, internet, licensing, and antitrust matters.
I have extensive experience in IP enforcement, including a wide range of patent, trademark, copyright, and antitrust litigation in state and federal courts; appellate litigation in state and federal courts of appeals, including the Federal Circuit; and opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Represent state government agency in applying for new generic top-level internet domain (gTLD)
- Trademark counsel to U.S. financial services company, three U.S. magazine publishing companies, U.S. cable television provider, New York-based men’s personal care manufacturer, Italian fashion house, U.K.-based pharmaceutical company.
- Represent Italian fashion house in trademark litigation in U.S. District Court, Oregon, and in more than fifty opposition and cancellation proceedings in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Trademark clearance for major U.S.-based internet/technology company and for major U.S. retail chain.
- Defended national cable TV network in trademark infringement action in W.D. Mich.
- Defended U.S. auto supplier in multi-front patent infringement dispute in E.D. Mich., W.D. Mich., and Federal Circuit.
- International trademark portfolio management for custom golf club manufacturer.
- Defended U.S. auto supplier in patent infringement/antitrust action in S.D. Texas.