Tiffany Gehrke is a partner and chair of the trademarks and copyrights practice at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP. Gehrke represents startups to multinational companies across the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, retail, and manufacturing industries in a range of trademark matters, protecting products, services, and brand identity for her clients.
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Partner and Chair, Trademarks and Copyrights

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Partner and chair of Marshall Gerstein's Trademarks & Copyrights practice group Tiffany D. Gehrke helps people protect their most important assets – their ideas and their reputation. Whether a business is a multi-national corporation or a startup, Tiffany partners with clients to strategically protect their products, their services, and their brand identity.

She has extensive experience representing retailers, manufacturers, publishers, consulting companies, non-profits, and organizations across a wide variety of industries. Tiffany also frequently counsels biotech and pharmaceutical clients regarding trademark matters for ground-breaking innovations, clinical trials, drug names, and anything in between. She develops strategic plans and manages worldwide trademark portfolios.

Tiffany has appeared in more than 50 federal IP lawsuits and has many years of experience enforcing and defending her clients’ intellectual property rights through litigation in state and federal courts, through proceedings before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, and through other dispute resolution forums. Tiffany also counsels clients for a variety of transactions, including licenses and assignments. She has also guided clients through acquisitions and divestitures of IP assets.

Before becoming a lawyer, Tiffany was a software engineer developing solutions to help companies innovate efficient, thoughtful measures to guide their business. Tiffany continues this logical, thoughtful, and practical approach to helping clients with their legal needs.

Memberships
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Immediate Past President, 2023–2024 President, 2022–2023 President-Elect, 2021–2022 Vice-President, 2020–2021   International Trademark Association (INTA) Internet Committee, 2022–2026 Pro Bono Committee, 2026-2028   The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Executive Committee, Dinner Chair 2016–2017 Member, 2008 – present   Seventh Circuit Patent Jury Instructions Committee   Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) Board of Directors, 2019–2021 Mentorship Committee, 2020–2021 Membership Committee, 2016–2020 Women's Leadership Institute 2015–2016   Children's Home & Aid Associate Board 2015-2019 Development Chair 2016–2019
Education
  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D.)
  • University of Michigan (B.S.E.)
    • Computer Science Engineering

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