Naresh Kilaru > Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

A team that is noted for its ‘high expertise’, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP leverages its wide-ranging experience in representing clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, federal circuit courts of appeal and other tribunals to advise global scale clients including Biogen and BSN Sports. Washington DC’s Naresh Kilaru, Anand Sharma, and Erika Harmon Arner jointly head up the offering. Kilaru’s skillset encompasses computer source code, product packaging and domain name disputes. B. Brett Heavner is routinely entrusted by a host of medical device manufacturers, trade associations and financial services clients, while Douglas Rettew excels in relation to traditional trademarks, false advertising and rights of publicity issues. Mark Sommers possesses a wealth of experience before the federal district and appellate courts as well as the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In Pao Alto, Morgan E. Smith operates across a myriad of sectors, from sports equipment and apparel to automotive and telecoms. Washington DC’s Patrick Rodgers is also recommended.

Noted for its ‘vast technological and legal knowledge’, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP provides its esteemed global clients with a full service offering which spans a plethora of complex selection, clearance, portfolio management and licensing matters, routinely operating within the industries of entertainment, financial services, pharma and consumer products. Three highly experienced practitioners spearhead the firm’s non-contentious trademark offering: Naresh Kilaru, who possesses a wealth of experience in relation to brand protection and enforcement, managing partner Erika Harmon Arner and firm chair Anand Sharma. Notable practitioner Danny Awdeh utilises his commercial and legal skillset to operate for some household name clients on a domestic and international scale, with B. Brett Heavner a particularly strong choice for pharma companies, medical device manufacturers and food product companies. Douglas Rettew is a force to be reckoned with in the sports sector, and Mark Sommers excels across a multitude of non-contentious issues, from trademark clearance to rights of publicity. Boston’s Laura Johnson handles a litany of automotive, machinery, medical products and music trademark mandates, with Palo Alto’s Morgan E. Smith bolstering the practice with her strategic enforcement counseling work. All other listed attorneys are based in Washington DC.