Experience

• Trademark and advertising counsel to a manufacturer of doors and windows with worldwide operations and a portfolio of hundreds of U.S. and foreign trademarks.
• Submitted comments on behalf of a food manufacturer to the proposed Food & Drug Administration revisions of the Nutrition Panel.
• Representation of a top manufacturer of food decorations in negotiating and drafting a corporate acquisition, a joint venture, several intellectual property licenses, and numerous customer contracts.
• Trademark counsel to dozens of wineries, breweries, and distilleries. Ongoing defense and enforcement work, including Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings.
• Intellectual property counsel for several cosmetics and household products brands.
• Representation of several apparel and retail companies in negotiating and drafting distribution agreements, co-branding agreements, trademark licenses, website development agreements, web hosting agreements, and other contracts.
• Trademark counsel for a major regional health insurer. Cleared marks for several new companies, initiatives, and projects.
• Intellectual property counsel for several Oregon-based health care organizations, including negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts and technology licenses.
• Trademark counsel to one of the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers.
• Provided intellectual property, labeling and advertising counsel to a mail-order and online food and beverage retailer with several well-known brands.
• Intellectual property counsel to regional and national advertising agencies, architectural firms, designers, artists, and authors, including supplier and customer contracts.
• Intellectual property counsel to two Alaska Native Corporations.
• Handled FDA compliance and supply chain guarantees for a new canola oil processing facility.
• Provided legal advice on GMO labeling issues to one of the world’s largest breweries, one of the world’s largest retailers, and other food companies.
• Intellectual property counsel to several major foundations and nonprofit organizations, including an international organization working to save African elephants and other wildlife from poachers.
• Developed Chinese manufacturing and supply agreements for several U.S. companies.
• Developed U.S. sales representative agreements for a cosmetics brand, a prominent international apparel brand, and a gaming device company, among others.
• Handling U.S. trademark matters for several foreign law firms and their clients.
• Trademark counsel for an Oscar-winning producer of feature films.
• Trademark and copyright counsel for a major manufacturer of electronic display solutions.
• Representation of a leading pattern recognition software company in the negotiating and drafting of a major customer agreement.
• Representation of an emerging food company in a trademark dispute filed in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal court. Settled favorably.
• Worked with U.S. Customs to prevent the importation of infringing wood products.

Honors & Activities

• Grant Advisory Committee, Northwest Cider Association, 2021
• Adjunct Professor, Food Law & Policy, Lewis & Clark Law School, 2016
• Recreational Marijuana Rules Advisory Technical Subcommittee-Packaging, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 2015
• Publications Committee, International Trademark Association, 2010–2012
• International Trademark Association, Model State Trademark Bill Subcommittee, 2006–2009. Led passage of new Oregon trademark statute.
• Included in The Best Lawyers in America^® (Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Advertising Law, Food and Beverage Law), 2002–2024
• Selected as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (Oregon) by Chambers USA (Intellectual Property), 2010–2023
• Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers^® (Intellectual Property, Food and Drugs), 2006–2020, 2023
• Named by Best Lawyers^® as Trademark Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Portland, 2012, 2017 and 2024; and Copyright Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Portland, 2019
• Recognized in Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars, 2018–2023
• Named to World Trademark Review’s WTR Global Leaders: Private Practice, 2022–2023
• Selected as a leading trademark attorney in World Trademark Review WTR 1000—The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, 2011–2023

Insights & Presentations

• “Marketing Shoe ‘Sustainability’—What you can, cannot, and shouldn’t say about your sustainable shoes,” FDRA Digital Shoe Sustainability Summit, webinar, September 4, 2020
• Moderator, “Small Group Tabletop Discussion: Intellectual Property,” Entrepreneurs in the Food Chain, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR, February 8, 2019
• “Navigating Alternative Proteins in a Traditionally Animal-Based Regulatory Environment,” Food 2.0: Investing in the Next Wave of Natural and Organic, Pre-Summit Briefing: Developing and Implementing “Clean Labels” for Natural Food Products, InfoCast, Los Angeles, CA, June 7, 2016
• Panel Moderator, “GMO or Non-GMO: Mandatory and Permissive labeling,” Food 2.0: Investing in the Next Wave of Natural and Organic, Pre-Summit Briefing: Developing and Implementing “Clean Labels” for Natural Food Products, InfoCast, Los Angeles, CA, June 7, 2016
• Panel Moderator: “What’s Next?—Food/Law Fusion,” Food Fusion Conference: Law’s Sustaining Role in Food, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR, April 15, 2016
• Principal Editor, Geographical Indications, Certification Marks and Collective Marks: An International Guide, International Trademark Association 2015 (updated regularly)
• Program Co-Chair, Cannabis and Intellectual Property, Law Seminars International, Portland, OR, June 12, 2015
• Panelist, “Developing and Protecting Your Brand,” Cannabis and Intellectual Property, Law Seminars International, Portland, OR, June 12, 2015
• “Trademarks: What’s Different About Marijuana?” Oregon Marijuana Law: A Legal Primer for Attorneys and Businesses, Oregon Law Institute, Portland OR, May 8, 2015
• Co-Presenter, “Trademark Law Review,” Intellectual Property Law Review—Updates and Changes from 2014, Oregon State Bar, Tigard, OR, February 13, 2015

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