Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton's New York IP group is highly recommended in the areas of copyright, trademark litigation and prosecution. The team offers services in portfolio management, counseling, registrations, transactions, franchising, office proceedings and litigation.
Key practitioners in the office include Marc Lieberstein, David Mayberry, Georges Nahitchevansky, Lisa Pearson, Jason Vogel, Frederick Whitmer and Christopher Woods. Mayberry is an experienced litigator and co-chair of the firm’s copyright and trademark practice group. Pearson is one of the firm’s leading IP litigators, boasting a significant case record in copyright, trademark and unfair competition suits. Lieberstein co-chairs the firm’s franchise group and retail and consumer goods industry team. He is one of the firm’s experts on brand-oriented transactions.
In 2021, the firm was shortlisted by Managing IP for the Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year in the Northeast, US Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year, US Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year, and US Copyright Firm of the Year awards. The firm won US Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year.
