David Bell > Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. Offices
2323 VICTORY AVENUE
SUITE 700
DALLAS, TX 75219-7673
TEXAS
United States
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David Bell
Work Department
Trademarks; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Cancellations and Oppositions; Trademark Litigation; Intellectual Property; Social Media; Copyright; Advertising, Marketing, and Promotional Law
Position
Partner; Co-Chair – Trademark and Advertising Practice Group
Career
David builds and enforces trademark applications and other intangible assets worldwide. This includes through litigation, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, foreign legal proceedings, and administrative domain name proceedings. He has extensive experience with international and complex trademark clearance searches. With a robust depth of trade dress knowledge, David clears and protects designs for products, packaging, and service businesses, including for footwear, apparel, foods and beverages, cosmetics, and restaurants. David also founded the firm’s Social Media Practice Group, one of the first interdisciplinary practices in the field.
Memberships
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 2002
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. harnesses the bench strength of a footprint spanning the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, to advise on the enforcement and management of major global portfolios across a diverse spectrum of industries, including those of the Dallas Cowboys, Starz Entertainment, and AT&T. The team is led by David Bell in Dallas, who applies experience to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, specializes in clients in telecoms, music, apparel, and consumer products. Also in Dallas, Jeffrey Becker employs longstanding expertise in brand management, Purvi Patel Albers brings expertise to social media counseling and internet enforcement, including oppositions, cancellations and Uniform Dispute Resolution Proceedings, Rob LeBlanc handles complex product launches, and Tiffany Ferris manages risks associated with advertising claims and the availability of potential trademarks. In New York, Erin Hennessy advises clients in the publishing, tech, retail, fashion, and financial services sectors, where associate Annie Allison utilizes a background as a former TV news producer and reporter, to counsel media and entertainment clients. Joseph Lawlor in New York and Mike McArthur in Dallas were both promoted to partner in January 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
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Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Financial services regulation