Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Mark Paskar is an experienced intellectual property attorney who concentrates primarily in the areas of trademark, trade dress, copyright and Internet matters. He counsels clients on a wide range of intellectual property issues, including all aspects of global brand protection and enforcement as well as intellectual property acquisition, licensing and monetization.

Mark's practice includes assisting clients with the selection and clearance of trademarks and protection of trademarks and copyrights through federal and foreign registration as well as the implementation and maintenance of trademark and copyright monitoring and enforcement programs.

Mark also represents clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances and regularly negotiates intellectual property licenses, transition services agreements and software development and license agreements.

Mark regularly represents clients in inter partes proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board as well as in foreign opposition and cancellation proceedings. He also represents clients in state and federal court cases involving claims of trademark and trade dress infringement, copyright infringement, false designation of origin, unfair competition and cyber-squatting. Mark has also handled almost 50 Internet domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP).

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