The Trademark Lawyer

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jason Paul Blair has joined the firm as a Member in the Trademark Practice Group resident in the firm’s Austin office. He comes to Dykema after more than three years of practicing at Smith Gambrell &...

LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2025 -- Global expert services and consulting firm BRG announced today that Managing Director Robert Mills and Director Frank Stabile have joined the Intellectual Property (IP) group in Los Angeles. Both bring extensive experience in economic...

Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Shane Hardy and Brigeeta Richdale to its Intellectual Property Group. Based in Toronto and Vancouver, respectively, Hardy and Richdale bring decades of experience helping global brands protect, expand, and enforce their IP assets...

San Francisco (April 15, 2025) – Venable LLP is pleased to announce the addition of intellectual property (IP) attorney Rebecca Horton to its San Francisco office as a partner. Horton specializes in helping clients protect their IP and brands. A skilled litigator with...

April 14, 2025 (Madison, Wis.) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced today a series of changes to the leadership team for its Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group. All of the appointments are effective immediately. Rory Foster will become...

BOSTON, March 31, 2025 — Networking for Business Development, a new book by Bruce D Sunstein, founding partner at renowned Boston intellectual property law firm Sunstein LLP, has been released and is now available to the public through Amazon and Ideas for Leaders....

London, March 20, 2025 – Edwin Coe is thrilled to announce the appointment of partners Dennis Lee and Lakmal Walawage to its Intellectual Property team. Lee has a great deal of experience and expertise in IP rights, licensing, business contracts, digital and...

March 18, 2025 – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas (Doug) Carsten and Jennifer Mikulina as the new co-heads of the Firm’s global Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group. In addition, Carsten will...

Paris, March 14, 2025 - Questel, a global leader in intellectual property (IP) solutions, is proud to announce that its IP Management Software (IPMS), Equinox, has become the first IPMS on the market to integrate powerful artificial intelligence (AI) functionalities....

Von Seidels has opened its fifth regional office on the African continent, Von Seidels Kenya. The new office is located in Nairobi and will service the East Africa region. Von Seidels already has local offices in other major African markets, including Nigeria, South...

BOSTON (February 24, 2025) – In a move that further strengthens and expands Paul Hastings’ premier global technology, data, and IP offerings, the firm announced that top-ranked technology and IP lawyer Sarah Gagan has joined Boston as co-chair of its newly established...

New York, New York—February 21, 2025—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has released “Inside the Dupe Revolution,” a special two-part investigation exploring how viral "dupe culture" is transforming the relationship between brands and young consumers.  The...

New York, NY – February 10, 2025 – Pierson Ferdinand LLP, one of the world’s fastest-growing law firms renowned for its commitment to client service excellence and innovation, announces the appointment of Merlyne Jean-Louis as Partner. Jean-Louis joins PierFerd after...

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan M Hernandez has joined the firm’s Houston office as an associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation group. He joins Blank Rome from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Hernandez concentrates his practice on...

Key takeaways Eric Lee joins BakerHostetler in the Washington* office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group and a member of the Trademark and Copyright team. Lee comes from an Am Law 50 firm and concentrates on trademark, trade dress, advertising,...

January 28, 2025 – Buchalter is pleased to announce that Jonathon Talcott has joined the Firm as a Shareholder in the Scottsdale, Arizona office and as a member of the Intellectual Property Practice group. Talcott is an accomplished intellectual property counselor,...

January 27, 2025 - Chicago, IL - Banner Witcoff announces the election of firm president Katie Laatsch Fink, two new members of the board of directors, and eight new shareholders. Laatsch Fink said: “I am thrilled to be elected as the next president of Banner Witcoff,...

LONDON - Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP announced today that Nathan Smith has joined the firm as a partner in London, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in addressing needs for a growing roster of clients worldwide. “Nathan’s blend of experience in trademark...

New York, New York—January 15, 2025—The International Trademark Association (INTA) opened registration for its 147th Annual Meeting, taking place in San Diego, California, from May 17 to 21, 2025. The INTA Annual Meeting is the largest annual global gathering of...

International law firm Bird & Bird today bolsters its market-leading Intellectual Property (IP) team in London with the arrival of new brand management partner Josh Little. Little brings a wealth of expertise in brand protection strategy, trademark, copyright, and...

Key takeaways Susan Kayser joins BakerHostetler’s Washington office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group and as a member of the Trademark and Copyright team. In addition, Timothy Payne and David Diorio join the firm’s Chicago office as partners in...

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has appointed Joel McDonald as its Head of Brands, following a series of recent hires that have seen the firm's IP practice grow by nearly a third since September 2024. McDonald joins Addleshaw Goddard from Stobbs, where he served as IA Director...

Law firm Collyer Bristow is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Coe as a Partner in its Corporate & Commercial team. Coe joins the team from nationwide firm Clarke Willmott. Coe advises clients on a range of complex commercial matters across a number of...

Melanie McGuirk's appointment is part of the firm's broader strategy to strengthen its intellectual property (IP) capabilities following the recruitment of Partner Ben Travers in September 2024. McGuirk is a standout litigator and trusted expert in resolving disputes...

CHICAGO - Neal Gerber Eisenberg (NGE) is pleased to announce that Kate Campbell has been elected to the firm's partnership in the Intellectual Property group, effective January 1, 2025. Campbell counsels clients on cybersecurity, data privacy, technology strategy,...

Rochester, New York, January 2, 2025 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that Jessica N Clemente from the firm’s Intellectual Property practice, Jonathan R Jasinski from the firm’s...

Shoosmiths today announces that the firm has brought in a six-person intellectual property (IP) team, led by partners Dominic Farnsworth and Leigh Smith, who are set to add strength and depth to the firm’s market-leading IP capability, as well as add new high-profile...

2025 sees intellectual property specialists Haseltine Lake Kempner (HLK) celebrate 175 years of helping the world's innovators. Since 1850, the firm has dealt exclusively with intellectual property (IP) protection and has a rich past in working with innovators and...

New York, New York—December 19, 2024—The International Trademark Association (INTA) filed a motion for leave to file an amicus brief in the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Cesari S.R.L. v. Peju Province Winery L.P. et al., Appeal No. 24-1903. In the...

(December 17, 2024) – ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the election of 15 new partners - two of whom practice intellectual property law - effective January 1, 2025.   “We are thrilled to welcome these 15 talented attorneys into ArentFox Schiff’s partnership,”...

Honigman announced today that Mary Hyde is rejoining the firm as partner in the Chicago office. Hyde will be a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group within the Intellectual Property Department.  In addition to her litigation work, Hyde represents...

Brussels, Belgium—December 13, 2024—The International Trademark Association (INTA), as part of a coalition of 14 intellectual property (IP) and anticounterfeiting member associations representing more than 2,500 IP rights owners globally, including SMEs and startups...

WASHINGTON—(December 5, 2024)—Roger Browdy, Ronni Jillions, and Aoi Nawashiro, partners at FisherBroyles, LLP, the world’s first and one of the largest distributed law firms and the only nontraditional law firm to be ranked in The Am Law 200, recently won a...

London 4 December 2024 – Taylor Rose, the leading independent law firm, has announced it has secured an exclusive three-year contract with Andrews Property Group (“Andrews”). The agreement will see Taylor Rose provide its residential property services across three key...

Fieldfisher is pleased to announce that Thierry van Innis, a highly esteemed intellectual property lawyer, has rejoined the firm as Of Counsel. Van Innis brings over 40 years of experience in IP matters, having previously been a partner at various international law...