Jonathan Hyman > Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Offices
1925 Century Park East, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
CALIFORNIA
United States
Jonathan Hyman

Position
Partner
Career
Jonathan A. Hyman is a partner in our Los Angeles office. He is the Co-Chair of the firm’s Advertising, Media and Entertainment Practice Group and he is also the Co-Chair of the firm’s CBD and Legal Cannabis Group.
Jonathan’s practice includes domestic and foreign trademark prosecution, enforcement and searches, proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), intellectual property licensing, copyrights, rights of publicity, domain name disputes, entertainment law, and client counseling. He also frequently conducts in-house seminars to assist clients in managing and protecting trademark portfolios.
Jonathan currently represents clients in a wide range of industries and fields, including entertainment, sports, fashion and apparel, retail, technology, food and beverages, legal and medicinal cannabis and CBD, cosmetics, financial services, restaurants and hospitality, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, software and e-commerce.
Jonathan excels at working with companies to create robust trademark portfolios to protect company assets and increase value for capital raises/strategic exits.
Representative Exits, IPOs, Capital Raises:
- Dataminr raises $475M on a $4.1B valuation
- IPO of Alfi Inc. (ALF) on NASDQ
- Acquisition of BAI Brands by Dr Pepper Snapple Group for $1.7 Billion
- Acquisition of One Brands by Hershey for $397 Million
- Acquisition of Pluto TV by Viacom for $340 Million
- IPO of Revolve Group (RVLV) on NYSE
- IPO of Athene Holding (ATH) on NYSE
- Acquisition of American Sporting Goods by Brown Shoe for $145 Million
Jonathan is a Founding Board Member of the California IP Alliance whose mission is to increase IP Awareness & Education, advance DEI issues in the IP ecosystem, and foster IP ecosystem collaboration.
Jonathan taught the Trademark Law Clinic at UCLA School of Law.
In law school Jonathan was Managing Editor of the Emory Law Journal. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2000.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Counting Mattel, Olaplex and Oatly in its varied client roster, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP is routinely involved in matters relating to false advertising, data privacy, cryptocurrency and legal cannabis across consumer products, food, financial services and high tech industries. The practice is jointly steered by Susan Natland, who possesses deep experience in advising on all aspects of domestic and international brand protection, and Jeff Van Hoosear, who capitalizes on his vast experience to represent clients with an active presence in the apparel and sporting goods sectors in particular. Other key figures in the team include managing partner Steven Nataupsky and Los Angeles-based Jonathan Hyman, who maintains a strong practice in establishing trademark portfolios for the protection of company assets.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)