Unlike IP boutique firms, Calfee’s Trademark practice is an important part of a leading general corporate and litigation firm. Our attorneys provide full-service representation in all aspects of trademark law, including domestic and foreign trademark registration, strategic portfolio management and enforcement, oppositions and cancellations, licensing and litigation of trademark, trade dress, domain name and unfair competition claims such as false advertising.
We have provided trademark portfolio and enforcement support services for more than 20 years and have more than 8,500 active trademark matters for clients under our care.
We counsel both private and public companies in a variety of industries on trademark and unfair competition matters such as false advertising.
For clients with trademark rights outside the United States, our attorneys work with and through an extensive network of foreign associates that covers virtually every jurisdiction around the world in which trademark rights are recognized.
On the portfolio management side, each of our trademark clients is assigned its own trademark administration team. Our full-time docket staff and sophisticated IP docketing system help us ensure responsiveness to our clients and maintain quality and accuracy of our work.
Our vast experience in counseling on and prosecuting thousands of trademark matters for clients around the world allows us to devise cost-effective strategies to maximize prosecution success. It has been our experience that many routine “informalities” raised in office actions can be avoided by careful preparation in the early stages of the selection and prosecution process.
While litigation is rarely desirable to our clients, the business and dispute resolution experience of our intellectual property lawyers is invaluable as it enables our attorneys to anticipate and help avoid potential portfolio development and management disputes. It also can optimize a client’s position if litigation becomes unavoidable, because we understand the importance of monitoring how marks are used, the importance of careful searching techniques and protocols, and the need for systematic and continuous documentation efforts with respect to the use of marks.
Chambers USA Band 2 Ranking (Ohio)
For well over a decade, our Intellectual Property group has been ranked and recognized by Chambers USA. In 2019, Chambers USA researchers reported that Calfee's IP group is "esteemed for its handling of IP litigation and portfolio management on behalf of large clients in Ohio and the Midwest and across the USA. [They are] highly experienced in the engineering, chemical and biological sectors, with notable abilities in handling matters for consumer products and manufacturing clients." One client reports: "It's an excellent firm; they're strategic and bring a lot of value to the table."
Chambers USA has also reported that their researchers found Calfee's IP team to be held in "very high regard by fellow practitioners who note our extensive experience representing clients in wider patent and trademark matters, IP litigation matters, appellate work, and advising companies on managing IP assets in China."
U.S.News – Best Lawyers in America "Best Law Firms" Rankings
Calfee was selected for inclusion in the 2020 "Best Law Firms" rankings by U.S.News –Best Lawyers in America in Intellectual Property Litigation (National Tier 3 and Metropolitan Tier 1 Cleveland).
World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
Two Calfee partners, Ray Rundelli and Georgia Yanchar, have been named to the World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals. The annual WTR 1000 research directory recognizes the world’s leading trademark firms and professionals. Each year, WTR conducts exhaustive qualitative research to identify the firms and individuals that are deemed outstanding in this critical area of practice.
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Chambers USA researchers reported that Calfee's IP group is "esteemed for its handling of IP litigation and portfolio management on behalf of large clients in Ohio and the Midwest and across the USA. [They are] highly experienced in the engineering, chemical and biological sectors, with notable abilities in handling matters for consumer products and manufacturing clients."
Chambers USA 2018
