Trademarks lawyers in Illinois Boris Umansky to Mark Daniel

Firm: Ladas & Parry, LLP

224 S. Michigan Avenue , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Computers and Software, Copyrights, Corporate , Intellectual Property , Internet , Trademarks, Trademark Application

I got my feet wet as a former Trademark Examining Attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), and, since then, have worked for over eight years in the private sector, almost exclusively in the intellectual property (I.P.) field.  I currently work at an I.P. boutique law firm, focusing primarily on trademark (including unfair competition) and copyright legal matters, as well as domain name disputes and Internet law-related issues.. I have represented and assisted clients from one person start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in a wide range of industries, such as insurance and financial services, industrial technology products, game software, and consumer goods.  My representation and client counseling services have included (1) the clearance, registration, maintenance and enforcement of trademarks worldwide; (2) domain name disputes (UDRP & ACPA proceedings) and DMCA as well as other Internet-related matters; (3) intellectual property due diligence matters in connection with the purchase or divestiture of businesses, and conducting I.P. audits; (4) trademark oppositions, cancellations, and ex parte appeals at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board level, as well as trademark, copyright, unfair competition, counterfeiting and related dispute matters before various United States courts; (5) preparation and filing of copyright applications and providing related counseling; and (6) the preparation of Terms of Use and Privacy Policy agreements for web-based businesses, as well as Non-Disclosure Agreements and other documents to protect intellectual property assets.

321 North Clark   2800 , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Copyrights,Intellectual Property ,Trademarks

Firm: Law Office of Marc N. Blumenthal

3 S Prospect Ave Ste 206 , Park Ridge , Illinois 60068

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Business & Commercial, Business Formation, Civil , Contracts, Copyrights, Franchise , Real Estate , Trademarks, Franchising, Franchising, Franchising, Franchising, Franchising

Firm: Cook Alex Intellectual Property Law

200 West Adams Suite 2850 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil , Copyrights, Intellectual Property , Patents, Trademarks, Intellectual Property

Firm: The Law Offices of Konrad Sherinian, LLC

1755 Park Street , Naperville , Illinois 60563

Practice Areas: Civil , Copyrights, Intellectual Property , Patents, Trademarks, Patent Application

Prior to becoming an attorney I worked at a number of technology companies in a variety of roles, ranging from video game programmer to the Director of Engineering for a mid-sized technology company.  I have a real passion for technology, and that passion is reflected in my law practice.  I believe strongly in providing clients with the best, most efficient, representation possible, and I focus on constantly improving the processes that I and my firm use in performing our work to provide better, more efficient representation.  I try very hard to provide world class representation to all of my clients, which range from individuals to large corporations.  I have provided numerous hours of pro bono services to those who could not afford quality representation, with a focus on insurance issues.  Finally, I enjoy meeting people and working with them to solve their problems.. I am a licensed patent attorney as well as licensed to practice in the State of Illinois, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. I have litigated numerous different types of cases ranging from employment matters, to personal injury lawsuits, to patent infringement cases, and I am proud of the results I have obtained for my clients in every case.. Outside of my law practice, I am married with a young daughter, and two foster children.  I am also an avid pilot, and fly at every opportunity available.

Firm: Levin Ginsburg

180 N. LaSalle, Suite 3200 , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Computers and Software, Copyrights, Corporate , Intellectual Property , Internet , Trademarks, Trademark Application

Kevin Thompson practices primarily in the area of domestic and international trademarks, copyrights, and internet law issues. He is experienced with prosecuting international applications under the Madrid Protocol, and coordinates clients' trademark portfolios in over seventy five countries, including the European Union. He advises clients with respect to enforcement of rights, and assists in representing them in disputes around the world to protect their valuable intellectual property.

Firm: Barnes & Thornburg

One North Wacker Drive Suite 4400 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Copyrights, Corporate , Intellectual Property , Patents, Trademarks, Antitrust & Trade Law

Firm: Cook, Alex, McFarron, Manzo, Cummings and Mehler, Ltd.

200 West Adams   2850 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Copyrights,Intellectual Property ,Patents,Trademarks

Firm: Larsen, Edlund, and Ernest, PC

444 North Northwest Highway , Park Ridge , Illinois 60068

Practice Areas: Assault & Battery, Elder , Intellectual Property , Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Premises Liability, Trademarks, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Estate Planning

Jennifer is a partner at Larsen, Edlund, and Ernest, PC. A graduate of Loyola University School of Law, she was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1999. Jennifer was admitted as a member of the bar for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, in 1999; U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, in 2001; and the United States Supreme Court in 2003. Jennifer is also Certified as a Mediator for Family Law matters.

300 South Wacker Drive , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil ,Copyrights,Intellectual Property ,Patents,Trademarks

1848 N Mohawk Street 2 , Chicago , Illinois 60614

Practice Areas: Copyrights,Corporate ,Intellectual Property ,Patents,Trademarks

225 West Wacker Drive 3000 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Copyrights,Intellectual Property ,Patents,Trademarks

200 West Madison Street   2100  6 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Copyrights,Intellectual Property ,Patents,Trademarks

Firm: Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP

222 North La Salle Street   300   , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Computers and Software,Copyrights,Corporate ,Internet ,Trademarks

10 South Wacker Drive , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Copyrights,Entertainment & Sports ,Trademarks

Firm: Banner and Witcoff, Ltd.

Ten South Wacker Drive   3000  60 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property ,Patents,Trademarks

Firm: Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP

6 W Hubbard St   500 , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Administrative ,Environmental ,Government Agencies,Internet ,Patents,Trademarks

Firm: Ladas & Parry LLP

224 S Michigan Ave , Chicago , Illinois 60604

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil , Copyrights, Intellectual Property , Patents, Trademarks, Copyright Infringement

David C. Brezina is of Counsel in the Chicago office of Ladas & Parry LLP. As an Intellectual Property law practitioner he has developed well-balanced experience handling patent, trademark and copyright matters. His litigation experience includes multifaceted cases having issues of patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secret, advertising and competition, especially where those issues intersect and overlap. He has appeared in more than 100 lawsuits, and settled others without appearing. He has also taught graduate and undergraduate law courses and delivered continuing education presentations covering these topics. With this experience in prosecuting and litigating intellectual property matters as well as negotiating and strategic counseling, Dave enjoys helping clients solve problems at whatever level the solution is needed.. For more than 20 years, Dave has taught law courses. This includes, “Entrepreneurship: Basic Business Principles,” “Entertainment Law,” and “Legal Aspects of Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts,” which were taught at Columbia College of Chicago. Dave also has been an adjunct professor in the Center for Intellectual Property Law of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago for more than 10 years, where he currently teaches “Trademark Law” and has taught “Antitrust and Misuse Aspects of Intellectual Property Law.”. Dave has lectured frequently and published numerous articles on law and litigation, with the subject matter usually focusing on patents, trademarks, trade dress and copyrights. The articles have been published in both legal and trade publications, including The Trademark Reporter, Landslide and the Chicago Bar Record, with one scheduled to appear in the Spring 2018 Review of Intellectual Property Law.. Dave received his B.S.S. in political science from Cornell College with undergraduate scientific training concentrated in oceanography. Dave earned his J.D. with honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago Kent College of Law in 1978, and an LL.M. in intellectual property law from The John Marshall Law School in 1988. The thesis, co-authored with partner Burt Ehrlich, was entitled “Antitrust and Misuse Aspects of Intellectual Property Law” and was used as Dave’s textbook for his LLM class of the same name.. Dave has been active in the Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Associations, as well as the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago including chairmanship of several committee. He has been active in the Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago (BLAC) where he is a Past President. He has been ranked on various lawyer listings including Superlawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, and Illinois Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network and has a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating.. Executive and Board of Directors experience has included, in addition to the BLAC, above, Managing Partner at Lee, Mann, Smith, McWilliams, Sweeney & Ohlson; Commodore of the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club and Board service for Project LEAP (Legal Elections in All Precincts), Lincoln Park Advisory Council and the Chicago Harbor Safety Committee. Dave was issued Merchant Mariner Credentials on July 9, 2020 as a Master Mariner, including sail endorsement, by the United States Coast Guard.. Dave is admitted to practice in Illinois, before the U.S. Supreme Court the Federal, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and a number of U.S. District Courts. He is registered before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.. REPRESENTATIVE CASES. In Custom Accessories, Inc. v. Jeffrey-Allan Industries, Inc., 807 F.2d 955, 1 USPQ2d 1196 (Fed. Cir. 1985), after winning this patent infringement for the defense in a one-day trial on the merits, the Federal Circuit remanded for further proceedings. This case involved cross-town rivals in automotive aftermarket accessories.. Mucha v. King 792 F.2d 502 (7th Cir, 1986) involved a ‘long lost’ painting was not really ‘lost’, the heirs of the artist recovering a painting placed in a bailment 70 years before. Because of the cultural importance of the artist, Dave has also discussed this case before an Art Law class and bar association groups.. In Plastiques Anchor v. Quinn David, 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12535, (ND Ill 1992) a preliminary injunction motion was soundly defeated in this trademark and trade dress case involving plastic bicycle racks. The judge remarked that it appeared that the trademark might not be owned by plaintiff, instead being owned by Dave’s client, the US distributor.. After prove-up of damages, a half-million dollar judgment was entered in favor of the client, a Nicaraguan brewery, in this trademark infringement case Compania Cervecera De Nicaragua v. Cervezas Victoria y Tona Beers Inc. 28 USPQ 2d 1870 (MD Fla 1993). Ultimately a compromised amount was collected from the co-defendant private label brewer.. Rasmussen v. The West, Inc. 28 USPQ 2d 1958 (N.D.Ill, 1993) was a copyright infringement case in which the client, plaintiff, defeated a motion to dismiss on personal jurisdiction grounds, interpreting the Illinois Long Arm statute to be satisfied when defendant made two mail order purchases from plaintiff and then infringed the work obtained.. In Carbonara v. Olmos 1994 WL 370031 March 4, 1994. (CD Cal 1994) the published decision dealt with a novel procedural point in a deceptive trade practices and false advertising case arising out of bogus celebrity endorsements. After removal to, and transfer from the Northern District of Illinois, the case was remanded back from the Central District of California to state court in Cook County, Illinois, an unprecedented procedure at the time. Settlement was obtained for the clients after oral argument of Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment.. Storck USA, L.P. v. Farley Candy Co., Inc., 14 F.3d 311, 29 USPQ 2d 1431 (7th Cir. 1994) was decided after replacing counsel who lost two preliminary injunctions based on trademark and trade dress claims. An attempt at a third preliminary injunction was defeated and affirmed on appeal, in part because of the survey evidence offered for the defense.. In Respect Inc. v. Fremgen 897 F. Supp. 361; 889 F. Supp. 340; 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8864; 35 U.S.P.Q.2d 1278, (ND Ill 1995), a copyright infringement case, summary judgment successfully limited damage exposure to the point where the case settled.. Microsoft Corp. v. Logical Choice Computers, Inc., 42 UCC 727, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10972, 2000 WL 1038143 (ND Ill 2000) was a trademark and copyright infringement case, in which the defendant client, a software distributor, was dismissed from the third-party case.. In Trek Bicycle Corp. v. Alyx Fier, 56 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1527 (TTAB 2000) summary judgment in favor of the client was obtained in a trademark opposition in which fame of our client’s mark was established. The industry involved was sports products, specifically bicycles.. Holland Co. v. Zeftek, Inc., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13015 (ND Ill 2001) was a case in which Dave’s client, the plaintiff, successfully defeated defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this patent infringement case. This lead to prompt settlement.. In Thane Int’I, Inc. v. Trek Bicycle Corp., No. 00-55293, 00-55599, 305 F.3d 894, 64 USPQ2d 1564, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 18344 (9th Cir. 2002) a successful appeal overturned summary judgment in this trademark infringement case. This was obtained after joining the team from the firm that was originally unsuccessful.. Home Raters, Inc. v. Blumenthal, 2005 Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) P29,038; 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24206 (ND Ill 2005) was a copyright infringement case that established that under copyright, distinguishing other areas of the law, there is a right to attorneys’ fees as costs after acceptance of an unconditional offer of judgment.. Waterloo Furniture Components, Ltd. v. Haworth, Inc., 467 F.3d 641; 80 U.S.P.Q.2d 1675 (7th Cir. 2006) summary judgment for Dave’s client, a defendant in a breach of contract case, was obtained based on the expiration of the license agreement and the subject patent, despite the presence of a most- favored-nations clause.. In Through the Country Door v. J.C. Penney Co., 83 USPQ2d 1538, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23975, (WD Wis 2007), a trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement case, a motion to dismiss was defeated. The trade dress count and state law unfair trade practices count, joined with a copyright infringement count for imitation and copying of retail catalogs survived the motion to dismiss. The case was settled on terms maintained confidentially.. AFFCO New Zealand v American Fine Foods 913 F. 1331 (S.D. Fla., 2012) denied the Defense motion for summary judgment on two counts seeking to enforce a breach of a contract settling a trademark opposition.

Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

300 South Wacker Drive , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil , Copyrights, Intellectual Property , Patents, Trademarks, Family

Firm: Daniel Law Office PC

17W733 Butterfield Road , Oakbrook Terrace , Illinois 60181

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Constitutional , Copyrights, Environmental , Federal , Government Agencies, Trademarks, Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Land Use & Zoning, Land Use & Zoning, Land Use & Zoning, Land Use & Zoning