With varied capabilities that cover domestic and international portfolio management and transactions and licensing mandates, Baker McKenzie LLP is regularly entrusted by clients such as Unilever and Swarovski to assist with complex trademark matters. Pamela Church helms the practice from the firm’s New York office, providing the group with significant counseling experience across media, entertainment, technology, life sciences and luxury goods sectors. Operating from the firm’s Chicago office is David Davis, whose expertise across IP coordination, counseling and domain name issues strengthens the team. Joshua Wolkoff and Alysha Preston are other key names to note in the practice. Lisa Rosaya departed the firm in January 2024.
Testimonials
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‘With Baker I know I have a very extensive and highly qualified network at my fingertips. I work directly with certain attorneys in key regions, but if I have an issue that has global ramifications or if I don’t know where/who should best handle a certain problem, I only need to contact Pam Church in the NY office and she finds the right people for me, whether in the US or in any jurisdiction where Baker has offices or affiliates.'
'By using Baker globally, there's only one invoice to review every month, which is a huge time saver!’
‘Pamela Church has a great and knowledgeable team that helps me with my day-to-day trademark issues. What she brings to the table on top of that is her business-minded approach. She has numerous years of experience in advising various clients on how to structure and manage their IP and she thinks outside the IP-box.'
'It is great to have a partner like Pamela Church that really understands the business restrictions and limitation under which an in-house trademark counsel often operates.'
‘One person cannot know everything. That's where this firm is terrific, they seem to have somebody that can answer questions outside the sphere of my attorney's expertise.’
‘Good people who are easy to work with and approachable a low stress relationship.'
'They deal with a range of issues efficiently. Communication is good.’
Key clients
- General Electric Company (GE)
- Regent
- Corning
- Dita Eyewear
- The C.S. Lewis Company
- Unilever
- Lumileds
- Hugo Boss
- Swarovski
- Yum China Holdings, Inc.
Work highlights
- Handling GE's (General Electric Company) global trademark portfolio across every jurisdiction in the world.
- Assisting Regent in all transactional and post-acquisition work (Escada, Club Monaco, Hanes Europe now known as DBI) and global trademark portfolio management, strategy and enforcement for all Regent brands.
- Advising Corning Incorporated on off-shore brand management, trademark prosecution and enforcement.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Pamela Church