Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Brand Stewardship
Kilpatrick’s clients include innovative companies and brands in virtually every industry where brands drive business value. Our attorneys have enabled many of the world’s leading brands to enter new markets, expand into new product categories, distribute through new channels, and maximize the value of their trademark and copyright portfolios. Strategic trademark management and protection have never been more important to business or presented more challenges for modern businesses. Our clients have the advantage of a team that understands the value of trademarks in today’s marketplace, as well as the interplay of trademark and broader IP protection.
Worldly Experience
Internationally recognized, Kilpatrick is one of the most sophisticated trademark practices in the U.S. with more than 125 dedicated attorneys, representing clients in established and emerging markets around the world. Our highly-focused practice offers comprehensive trademark, copyright, and advertising advice that helps clients create, build, and protect their most prized assets — their brands and identity.
Focus Areas
- Advertising
- Anti-Counterfeiting & Gray Market
- Copyright
- Greater China
- Online & Digital Enforcement
- Trademark & Trade Dress Litigation
- Trademark Prosecution & Portfolio Management
- Trademark Licensing &Transactions
Value Delivered
We develop optimal approaches and achieve desired outcomes faster and more efficiently than our competitors. Our practice features a unique combination of diverse talent, issue-focused teams, and sophisticated systems for developing and managing portfolios. We collaborate with clients, foreign and local counsel, and other legal professionals from within our broader firm of more than 600 attorneys. Because our attorneys have handled every type of trademark numerous times across many industries, we don’t waste time or effort. We quickly size up the situation and issues to deliver practical advice when it matters most. What’s more valuable than that?
Firm of the Year
U.S. Trademark Prosecution
Managing Intellectual Property (2022)
Tier One
Trademark Contentious & Prosecution, and Copyright
Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars (2022)
75+
name brand apparel, accessories, and luxury goods clients from purveyors of jeans to sneakers to dress wear and more
30+
technology brand clients rely on Kilpatrick Townsend for brand protection.
Gold Level
United States - National
World Trademark Review 1000 (2022)
Tier One
Trademark Litigation & Non-Contentious
Legal 500 (2022)
Insights
Perspectives
5 Key Takeaways | Defending Against ‘Do-Gooder’ Litigation: Developing Legal and PR Strategies Against Putative False-Advertising Class Actions
Events
Advertising Update: Consumer Reviews, Endorsements and Environmental Advertising
Publication
The Presumption of Irreparable Harm After the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020: Have All Issues Been Resolved?
Alert
Intellectual Property Developments from the U.S. Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
News Releases
Kilpatrick Townsend Earns Sweeping Recognition in 2024 Edition of Best Law Firms®
News
Kollin Zimmermann Quoted by World Trademark Review, "Why ex parte motions are less likely to succeed in one specific US court"
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