HM&B’s IP Team Leader has over 20 years of IP experience, offering clients a full range of transactional and prosecutorial legal services relating to the registration, commercialization and monitoring protection of intellectual property assets. These services include counseling and handling transactions on engagements involving copyrights and trademarks.

We assist clients in obtaining, protecting and enforcing trademarks in the United States and worldwide, including: conducting and reviewing searches and investigations for trademark clearance; preparing opinion letters; filing and prosecuting trademark applications; handling the prosecution and defense of trademark administrative proceedings; monitoring and policing the use of trademarks by third parties; and providing general trademark and domain name counseling.

As part of this practice, we manage the domestic and international trademark portfolios and related intellectual property matters for clients in hospitality, tourism and creative arts industries.  In addition, we provide copyright advice to clients in the hospitality, tourism, entertainment, arts, and fashion industries, including visual artists, designers, fashion houses, performing artists, hotel chains, and authors.