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Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)

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K&L Gates

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Praised for its ability to provide its panoply of clients with ‘unique solutions’, K&L Gates possesses a strong grounding across a diverse range of maintenance, policing, licensing and clearance work. The group is jointly steered by Chicago’s Robert Barrett and Seattle’s Theo Angelis. In Seattle, Pam Jacobson draws upon her background in health tech to advise a host of established corporations. Boston’s David Byer further strengthens the firm’s offering with his established capabilities in trademark, advertising and publicity issues.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Always thinking out of the box with unique solutions.’

  • ‘I find them to be excellent. Always clear and efficient.’

  • ‘They have deep experience in trademarks and are extremely easy to work with.'

  • 'Great communication and practical approach.’

  • ‘Highly productive and proactive.’

  • ‘K&L Gates has broad expertise in all facets of trademark practice, from registration to enforcement.’

  • ‘Pam Jacobson is an excellent attorney who is efficient, thorough and practical. Her briefing on legal issues is some of the best I've seen.’

  • 'There is none better than David Byer in this field. He's a no-nonsense, smart lawyer who has a great capacity to see through the noise to the heart of the matter.'

  • 'Responsive and top notch legal advice'

Key clients

  • QuidelOrtho
  • Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • YWCA USA
  • XoBiologix
  • Minitab
  • Kudelski Group
  • Thurgood Marshall College Fund
  • Cynosure, Inc.
  • Valve Corporation

Work highlights

Handled Minitab's worldwide IP litigation, IP enforcement and IP patent and trademark prosecution matters as well as its privacy matters.
Advised on company-wide artificial intelligence (AI) policies for Abercrombie & Fitch and assisted with parameters and implementation of this policy.

Practice head

Robert M. Barrett; Theo Angelis

Other key lawyers

Pam Jacobson; David Byer