Regularly advising clients in the video games, banking, tech and automotive sectors among others, Norton Rose Fulbright is capable of advising clients on clearance, prosecution, registration and a host of other transactional trademark mandates. Timothy M Kenny, who wields his considerable experience in opposition and cancellation proceedings to act for a varied client roster, and Felicia Boyd, whose capabilities involve handling trademark mandates arising from the financial services, medical devices, music and pharma industries, jointly helm the team from Minneapolis. Linda M Merritt strengthens the team from the firm’s Dallas office, contributing her diverse expertise across software, food products and pharma sectors. Other key names to note in the practice include Houston’s Andrea Shannon and Austin’s Stephanie Schmidt, who are both senior associates, and Alesha Dominique, who joined as partner from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in September 2023. Johanna Schmitt joined the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York in June 2024.
Key clients
- APi Group
- Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis
- Attends Healthcare Products
- Buc-ee’s
- Electronic Arts
- Fair Isaac Corporation
- Hadassah The Women’s Zionist Organization of American, Inc.
- Jostens
- Link Snacks, Inc.
- Red Locks Irish Whiskey
- Veranda Golf Incorporated USA
Work highlights
- Served as global outside legal counsel for Link Snacks to handle global brand strategy, trademark clearance prosecution and portfolio management, and trademark enforcement work.
- Analyzing, strategizing and managing for EA on a global search and filing two project; (1) related to the rebranding of EA’s primary mark and logo and (2) related to the rebranding of Electronic Art’s highly popular EA FIFA Football Game (after FIFA and EA ended their licensing agreement).
- Retained to takeover and expand Uther Supply’s trademark portfolio to advise and secure copyrights for various golf-related products and to secure, where available, design and utility patents for novel golf-related products.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tim Kenny, Felicia Boyd