Trademark Application Pre-Filing Strategies: Overcoming the Obstacles

Ms. Lesser has represented trademark and copyright clients for more than 25 years, protecting and defending clients in the U.S. and internationally. Her clients include a wide array of companies in the consumer products, apparel, food and beverage, entertainment, pharmaceutical, media, and technical industries. Bridging litigation and transactional practices,Ms. Lesser supports technology and media clients on protection of their brands and creative content. She also works with clients on acquisition and commercialization of technologies, and on enforcement and defense of rights in federal court and administrative forums. As a trusted counselor and advisor, Ms. Lesser partners with her clients to achieve favorable results.

Mr. Pheiffer’s practice covers a broad spectrum of intellectual property issues, including domestic and international patent prosecution, patent opinion and clearance matters, patent litigation, domestic and international trademark prosecution and enforcement, and technology licensing matters. He is the former president of the preeminent intellectual property bar association in New England—the Boston Patent Law Association.

Ms. Winston focuses her law practice primarily in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, and the internet, representing a broad range of both domestic and international clients from individual business owners and small startup ventures to established Fortune 500 and publicly traded companies. She is known for her strategic counseling when registering trademarks and has been referred to as a litigation avoidance advocate due to her thoughtful and creative solutions for avoiding or resolving disputes. She covers the full gamut of trademark services, whether it involves transactions, searching and clearance, acquisition and registration, opposition and cancellation proceedings, and domain name dispute resolution. In the circumstances where it is not possible to stay out of the courtroom, Ms. Winston is prepared and willing to handle litigation matters on behalf of her clients.