Profile
Position
Mark A. Steiner is a brand protection attorney. He has over four decades of experience representing clients in protecting, enforcing and defending their important intellectual property rights, both domestically and internationally, with a focus on trademark and copyright law. Mr. Steiner offers clients a strong combination of trial experience, counseling, enforcement, procurement and licensing insight in matters concerning trademarks, trade identity, internet domain names, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition. He has represented companies ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 500 in a wide variety of industries, including e-commerce, computer hardware and software, networking, retail, architectural and engineering-design services, personal-care products, sporting goods, clothing, toys and games, food and beverage, hotels and restaurants. He serves as intellectual property counsel to companies at various stages of development, from inception to maturity. Mr. Steiner regularly assists clients in the management and enforcement of domestic and international trademark portfolios with the understanding that companies’ brands are almost always their most valuable assets.
Career
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2011-present - Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Partner, 1983-2010 - San Francisco City Attorney
- Deputy City Attorney, 1980-1983
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Bar Association of San Francisco - Past Chair, Intellectual Property Committee
- International Trademark Association - Public Information Committee
Education
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D., 1979
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