Trademark

The scope of our trademark work is broad. We counsel clients from diverse industries on matters including evaluating the strength of proposed names and marks, clearing and registering marks, properly using marks for goods, services, using marks in advertising, campaigns, protecting trademarks in social media, managing trademark portfolios worldwide, anti-counterfeiting, trademark and domain name enforcement, recordation of trademarks with U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), and litigation. Our trademark attorneys practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) service providers, and in courts of general jurisdiction. In addition, we support our clients in negotiating licenses, consent and coexistence agreements, assignments, purchases and sales, conducting intellectual property audits and due diligence investigations as well as developing ownership structures to permit shared uses of the same trademark. 

Our large Trademark Group has unusual depth which allows us to have work done by paraprofessionals in appropriate circumstances. Staffed by experienced trademark administrators knowledgeable in U.S. and international trademark practice, our trademark administration department manages more than 30,000 trademark records and cost effectively administers international registration programs. In conjunction with our carefully selected network of correspondents in virtually every country, our trademark practice effectively handles our clients' needs around the world.