While handling a diverse range of management, prosecution and enforcement work for a panoply of major brands such as Major League Baseball, Alexander McQueen and Bacardi, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP‘s trademark practice enjoys a particularly strong presence in the fashion and retail industry, as well as the entertainment and consumer product industries. New York-based Andrea Calvaruso leads the team with her considerable expertise in strategic trademark counselling and domain name matters on a domestic and international scale, while New Jersey’s Michael Zinna possesses varied experience in representing clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board alongside branding strategy and trademark procurement. In New York, Patricia L. Werner, who was promoted to partner in July 2023, is notably active across the fashion, consumer products, entertainment, and cannabis and special counsel Kelli Ortega is routinely engaged by clients for assistance with trademark prosecution and enforcement, in addition to the clearance of marks and domain name related mandates.
Key clients
- Raising Cane's USA, LLC
- Endeavor (formerly WME | IMG)
- The Avon Company
- Bacardi & Co. Ltd.
- Foot Locker Retail, Inc.
- Nelk Inc.
- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”)
- Ralph Lauren Corp.
- Ashley Stewart, Inc.
- Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA)
- Extremity Medical
- Vertiv Co.
- M+ODE Products LLC
- MarioDedivanovic / Makeup By Mario
- GameStop, Inc.
Work highlights
- Acting as primary trademark counsel to Take-Two Interactive Software in connection with trademark counseling, enforcement and opposition matters, including a number of matters currently pending in the TTAB.
- Acting as primary IP counsel to Endeavor for high stakes and high profile matters.
- Acting as primary IP counsel to Foot Locker Retail, Inc., providing representation and counselling on a wide range of day to day IP matters including trademark, copyright and promotional clearances, internet and promotional content, domain names, trademark filings, new product and promotion design, licensing agreements, cross-promotion, enforcement matters, litigation in Federal court and the TTAB and ICANN proceedings.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrea Calvaruso