Fenwick's trademark practice handles U.S. and international portfolio work for many of the largest portfolios in the world, as well as notable, brand-savvy emerging innovators and other entities, including over 1,000 trademark clients, most of which have major brands and international needs.

With one of the largest trademark practices at a full-service firm, we are preeminent internationally in strategic trademark protection and focus exclusively on all aspects of trademark counseling and enforcement, including:

  • International clearance
  • Strategic counseling
  • Domestic and international prosecution
  • Brand enforcement
  • Cease and desist work
  • Oppositions and cancellations
  • Audits
  • Dispute resolution
  • Assignments/coexistence agreements
  • Multi-jurisdictional licenses
  • Recordation issues
  • UDRP/other domain name services

Current Worldwide Prosecution Activities

  • Routinely register marks in over 180 jurisdictions worldwide
  • Currently prosecuting over 25,000 applications and registrations worldwide (15,700+ outside the U.S.)
  • Handling over 2,500 active domestic and international disputes regarding trademark rights
  • Managing over 600 office actions

Trademark Protection and Policing

  • Prosecuted thousands of U.S. applications and trademarks and are well-known in the U.S. Trademark Office for our experience and expertise
  • Handled numerous oppositions and cancellation actions before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
  • International trademark and domain registration and policing for some of the largest technology trademark portfolios in the world
  • Extensive, in-house client training to assist clients in clearance, prosecution and identifying and handling policing matters
  • Deep expertise in internet issues, including UDRP and ACPA actions, auction monitoring, DMCA enforcement, domain acquisition and enforcement, and other emerging online issues
  • Our paperless trademark practice is on the cutting-edge of law firm automation and innovation, reducing overall portfolio cost
  • Experts in negotiating trademark licenses and coexistence agreements to the strategic advantage of our clients
  • International network of seasoned, trademark and internet-savvy counsel who provide cost-efficient, effective prosecution and enforcement services
  • Substantial experience providing trademark and related intellectual property rights counseling in corporate/M&A

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“For fast-moving technology and life sciences companies, Fenwick is a match made in heaven; at a granular level, it understands the markets in which its clients operate and therefore dispenses precisely tailored advice every time.”

—World Trademark Review 1000 2020 Edition

Recognition

  • Managing Intellectual Property named Fenwick the U.S. Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year (2021) and Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year for the western U.S. for the third time in four years (2020)
  • World Trademark Review named Fenwick the U.S. Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year at its Global IP Awards (2020)
  • The Legal 500 recognized Fenwick in the highest tier nationally for trademark (2020)
  • World Trademark Review 1000 recognized Fenwick in the highest tier nationally and in California for both trademark prosecution and trademark litigation (2020)

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