Structuring Trademark Coexistence Agreements: Evaluating and Negotiating Agreements to Resolve Trademark Disputes

Mr. Leonard provides strategic counsel on the availability and adoption of trademarks as well as the management and enforcement of trademark portfolios in the United States and abroad. He also represents clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and various U.S. district courts. Keenly adept at managing and enforcing domestic and international intellectual property rights, he is a go-to resource on trademarks, copyrights, and other IP-related issues for clients in the telecommunications, computer software and technology, entertainment and sports, pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, publishing, scientific research, and apparel industries.

A seasoned intellectual property attorney with more than 20 years of experience, Ms. Kozak has provided strategic trademark management services for companies in the apparel, automotive, chemical, computer science, technology, construction, entertainment, food and beverage products, nutraceutical, telecommunications, industries, among others. Ms. Kozak also has experience in IP licensing and has handled more than 50 IP due diligence projects in the context of M&A deals. In addition, she handles a wide range of IP transactional and prosecution matters. Ms. Kozak has served as a  Lecturer in Law for the Intellectual Property and Technology Law and Small Business Clinics at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.