Trademark Litigation & Counseling

Our team helps global brands protect, enforce, and maximize the value of their trademarks through high‑stakes litigation and strategic counseling worldwide. We advise clients at every stage of brand development, enforcement and risk management and represent them in U.S. federal courts, before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and in domain name arbitrations.

Litigation Strength

Our team members have deep experience prosecuting and defending matters involving core brand assets, often in fast‑moving, high-stakes scenarios and covering a wide range of industries.

This experience includes:

  • Trademark, false advertising and copyright trials and preliminary injunction proceedings in U.S. federal courts
  • Opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, as well as expungement and reexamination proceedings
  • ICANN domain name arbitrations and internet‑related disputes
  • Resolving disputes without litigation via cease-and-desist communications and platform takedown procedures
  • Counterfeiting campaigns for international luxury fashion and consumer brands

We frequently serve as lead counsel in litigation nationwide and are known for resolving matters efficiently and favorably through early strategic motions, summary judgment, or negotiated resolutions aligned with business goals.

Strategic Counseling

Beyond litigation, we act as trusted advisors to companies managing valuable brand portfolios in an increasingly complex marketplace. Our counseling practice spans the full range of trademark and brand‑related issues that arise from creation to enforcement.

We advise clients on:

  • Brand name selection, clearance, and portfolio development
  • Trade dress, packaging, and product design protection
  • Advertising and promotional clearance
  • Licensing, enforcement, and global brand management strategies

Our team also counsels on emerging and high‑risk issues, including social media disputes, domain name and online enforcement, internet intermediary liability, and class action defense involving trademark and advertising claims.

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