Active across sports, media, financial services and technology sectors, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP maintains a broad offering handling world marks, slogans and sound marks for notable clients such as The Vitamin Shoppe and Peanuts Worldwide. John Gary Maynard, who operates out of the firm’s Washington DC and Richmond office and is noted for his brand protection, online enforcement and domain name counseling, jointly leads the practice alongside tech sector specialist Tyler Maddry, who is based in the firm’s New York office. Richmond’s Stephen Demm is regularly engaged to manage trademark mandates in the energy sector and New York’s Jonathan Reichman, who is recommended for his ‘highly commercial’ approach.

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  • ‘Jonathan Reichman is a superb trademark and copyright litigator and has excellent insights. He is sensitive to his clients' needs and highly commercial in his approach. He is a pleasure to work with.’

Key clients

  • The Vitamin Shoppe
  • Peanuts Worldwide
  • Various Branding Clients

Work highlights

  • Representing Peanuts Worldwide, which owns all rights to the PEANUTS characters including Snoopy, Charlie Brown, etc., in trademark prosecution, strategy, and licensing.
  • Handling all worldwide trademark prosecution and provides comprehensive brand protection services for The Vitamin Shoppe.
  • Representing a number of branding agencies and clients, including, e.g., Omnicom Media/Das Global, Monigle, Tani, Lippincott, and the Tampa Bay Rays, clearing hundreds of names and logos.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

John Gary Maynard, Tyler Maddry

Other key lawyers

Stephen Demm, Jonathan Reichman