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Jeffrey P. Dunning

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Work Department

IP - Trademark

Position

Shareholder

Career

Jeffrey P. Dunning focuses his practice on advising clients regarding the management of their trademark portfolios, including trademark clearance, registration, maintenance, protection, enforcement, licensing and litigation. Jeff has managed a number of large international trademark portfolios on behalf of major multinational companies in the retail, industrial and food/beverage sectors. For clients needing assistance with patent, unfair competition, domain name and copyright matters, Jeff’s experience extends to providing opinions, prosecution, licensing, litigation and enforcement. In addition, he has deep experience in handling intellectual property litigation, including managing extensive discovery proceedings, obtaining dismissals and summary judgments, and representing clients in numerous evidentiary hearings and jury trials in trademark and patent litigation in federal courts throughout the United States.

Concentrations

• U.S. and foreign trademark clearance, registration, maintenance, protection, enforcement, licensing and litigation
• U.S. and foreign trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings
• Coordinating worldwide anti-counterfeiting enforcement programs
• Trademark, patent, copyright, trade dress, unfair competition and domain name litigation in federal and state courts
• Management of large, diverse international trademark portfolios, including formulation of trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement strategies, managing foreign counsel, and evaluating and advising clients regarding overall brand protection strategy
• Representation of domestic and foreign trademark applicants in prosecution and adversarial matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including in association with applications filed under the Madrid Protocol
• U.S. and foreign patent, design and copyright prosecution and opinions

Capabilities
Intellectual Property & Technology
Intellectual Property Litigation
Anti-Counterfeiting
Trademark & Brand Management

Admission to Practice
Illinois
Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Languages

English
German

Education

• M.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
• J.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 1998
  • Articles Editor, Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law
• B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995