Potomac Law Group
Firm overview:
Potomac Law Group is a nimble, full-service IP firm headquartered in Washington, DC, with attorneys across 25 states and a global outlook. Its clients range from startups to Fortune 100 companies, and the firm is committed to providing high-level trademark counsel that balances excellence with transparent, value-driven fees. PLG’s IP practice spans the full spectrum, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, litigation, licensing, and internet-domain strategy, tailored to protect clients’ core brand assets.
With deep specialisation in trademarks, the firm draws on decades of collective experience to support worldwide portfolio management, domain disputes, and TTAB or court-based litigation. PLG emphasises strategic risk management and aggressive enforcement, helping clients safeguard and monetise their most valuable intangible assets.
Team overview:
Potomac operates as a “new model law firm” with lawyers across the country working remotely. While the firm doesn’t have traditional offices, it has trademark lawyers based across the US including in Washington, DC, Virginia, California and New York.
The firm has a highly experienced team, with past experience as partner at BigLaw firms or in high level in-house positions.
Key department leaders include Julia Anne Matheson, who has over 35 years of experience handling brand protection, trade dress, unfair competition, and portfolio strategy. She has led more than 100 inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and litigated in federal courts. Her clients include both early-stage startups and multinational corporations across the technology, consumer goods, fashion, and healthcare sectors.
Todd Bontemps brings deep technical and strategic insight to his trademark practice, guiding clients in global brand development, transactional licensing, and enforcement. With decades of experience and a background that includes in-house roles, he excels at aligning trademark strategies with larger business goals and emerging market challenges.
Key matters:
- Interior Motif Design d/b/a The Shade Place: Enforcement and litigation
The team represented all defendants in a trademark infringement action involving allegations related to the ‘Shade Store’ mark, as well as claims of contributory infringement, dilution, unfair competition, false advertising, and tortious interference with existing and prospective business relationships.
