Cooley LLP advises global corporations and emerging companies on trademark protection and portfolio management. The firm handles brand counselling, prosecution, and enforcement matters, and has experience representing clients in trademark disputes and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Based in Washington DC, Brendan Hughes, global chair of the trademark, copyright & advertising practice group, advises on trademark litigation and TTAB proceedings and manages global trademark portfolios for major brands. Alongside Hughes, based in California, Bobby Ghajar represents clients in trademark and copyright disputes, including cases tried before juries and judges and appeals before federal courts and the USPTO.
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Key clients
- Human Rights Campaign
- Invoke AI
- Pivot Bio, Inc.
- Bluetooth SIG
- Satellos
- Collector’s Universe
- Globe Theatre d/b/a Stage
- The Motley Fool
- Stride (f/k/a) K12
- ECI Software Solutions
- ServiceNow
- Sweetgreen, Inc.
Work highlights
Responsible for the worldwide trademark portfolio for Bluetooth SIG (the “SIG”), the source of the ubiquitous BLUETOOTH wireless technology incorporated into consumer products sold throughout the US and abroad.
Managing the international trademark portfolio for Sweetgreen.
Managing the international trademark portfolio for Contentsquare.
Practice head
Brendan Hughes
Other key lawyers
Bobby Ghajar