Baker McKenzie

Firm overview:

Brands looking for a single point of contact for their global trademark portfolio work go to Baker McKenzie. The firm’s international network of over 300 IP lawyers across 45 jurisdictions provides the scope for rights protection in all the major markets. Sitting within a full-service legal offering, Baker McKenzie’s US trademark practice benefits from cross-over relationships with its foundational tax and transactions groups.

The trademarks team manages multiple portfolios over the thousand-mark threshold, as well as enforcement programmes for world-leading brands. An internal IP Toolkit provides 40 country guides on trademark filing and practice. The firm is particularly favoured by clients in the luxury and fashion, media, and consumer goods sectors. In keeping with its integrated approach, lawyers work collaboratively across jurisdictions on trademark disputes, investigations and arbitrations.

Team overview:

Dallas partner Dyan House is a go-to contact at the firm for domestic and international trademark matters. Her practice covers all facets of brand protection, from trademark counselling and prosecution to disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

In New York, litigation partner Joshua Wolkoff represents some of the world’s leading technology, digital media, entertainment, and luxury and fashion brands in complex IP disputes. Alongside Wolkoff in New York is associate Amanda Kusnierz, who helps clients maximise their trademark portfolios and represents brands in TTAB proceedings.