Representative Experience

• Successfully prevented registration of rival beer mark after the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board found Michelob famous and credited opposer's confusion survey at trial
  
• Obtained judgment on the pleadings establishing immunity for ISP against spammer who sued to force ISP to deliver its bulk emails to ISP's customers
  
• Successful representation of NCAA at trial and on appeal in domain name and infringement suit concerning March Madness
  
• Preliminarily enjoined competitor from advertising using false establishment claims while defending its challenge to client's own advertising
  
• Representation of leading folk artist in licensing dispute raising trademark, copyright, right of publicity, fraudulent inducement and breach of contract claims
  
• Aggressive policing of trademark portfolios through litigation and negotiated agreements
  
• Clearance of marks for major branding initiatives of entertainment, media, financial services and sports-orientated businesses
  

Publications/Speeches

• Speaker, ACCA-SoCal Program: How Companies Which Advertise Can Protect Themselves Against Claims, Los Angeles, California (November 19, 2008)
• Speaker, USPTO Boot Camp: Trademark Edition, 5000 Seminary Road, Virginia (September 24, 2008)
• Speaker, 20th National Advanced Corporate Counsel Forum on Advertising Law, New York, New York (December 11-12, 2007)
• Speaker, Sports Marketing & Advertising Law, New York, New York (September 27-28, 2007)
• Speaker, Differentiating Your Practice or Industry Group in Today's Market, Strategic Marketing and Business Development in the Modern Law Firm, Chicago, Illinois (September 25-26, 2007)
• Speaker, Practice Group Leadership Forum, Chicago, Illinois (May 23-24, 2007)
• Author, Legal Perspectives: Brands/Trademarks, The Delaney Report (May 14, 2007)
• Speaker, 2007 Practical Tips on Intellectual Property Law, Arlington, Virginia (April 11, 2007)

Media Mentions

• 7th Circuit Defines Accounting Burden in Trademark Tiff By Denise Oliveira, IPLaw 360
• Wanna Buy Some Knockoff Jeans? By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times
• Game Boys Counter Hasbro's Claims With Wordscraper Application By Jonathan Thrope, AmLaw Daily
• Will Hasbro Suit Spell D-O-O-M For Scrabulous? By Jonathan Thrope, AmLaw Daily
• Lawyers Get in the Game of Sports Broadcasting  
  By Andy Peters, Atlanta Daily Report
• Open & Shut Case By James Covert, New York Post
• Marked Out By Steven Seidenberg, InsideCounsel Magazine
• Trademark Attorneys: It's Madness to Call It 'March Madness' By Tresa Baldas, The National Law Journal

Affiliations

• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, IP Law360
• Member, Editorial Board, The Trademark Reporter
• Member, Editorial Board, Newsletter of ABA Litigation Section, Intellectual Property Committee

Distinctions

• Named in The Legal 500 US in Media, Technology and Telecoms: Marketing and Advertising, published by Legalease Limited and John Pritchard (2008 edition)
• Recommended “Top Lawyers in Illinois” in Intellectual Property Law, Leading Lawyers Network, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company (2004-2008)
• Lecturer, Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property Litigation, University of Chicago Law School
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy, Northwestern University School of Law
• Illinois “40 Lawyers Under 40 to Watch”