USA Trademarks Rankings 2024

Fish & Richardson

Firm overview:

Fish & Richardson is a specialist IP firm with more than 350 attorneys across 14 offices in the US, Germany and China. The trademark practice offers comprehensive services to a diverse range of clients, spanning start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. The group serves industries such as luxury goods, food and beverage, software, sports, finance and entertainment.

On the prosecution side, Fish assists clients in protecting valuable assets. Fish’s litigators defend and protect renowned brands before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, district courts, and the Federal Circuit. The group’s transactional practice extends from software licensing to advising on public displays of visual art.

Team overview:

New York-based of counsel Jenifer deWolf Paine (Recommended, Non-Contentious) protected consumer-facing brands Xbox, Minecraft, Surface and Windows as a former counsel at Microsoft. She brings “a lot of prosecution knowledge” to Fish, where she provides comprehensive trademark law advice to artists, music companies, and designers. Her services cover clearance, portfolio management, counselling, and dispute resolution before the TTAB.

Key matters:

Fish & Richardson New York principal Kristen McCallion represents Microsoft in an ongoing Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition to the mark FABLES EDGE REDS TALE, filed on 14 November 2024. The defendant Ketoa is represented by Melissa Woo-Allen of Woo-Allen Law in San Diego, California.
Keith Barritt, a Fish & Richardson principal in the DC office, represents the Dementia Society, the defendant in an ongoing Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition to its mark RIDE AGAINST DEMENTIA by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association. The opposition was filed on 31 October 2024. The plaintiff is represented by Christian Morgan of Kucala Burgett Law in New Lenox, Illinois.

Clients:

Advanced New Technologies, Dementia Society, Five Star Gourmet Foods, Grupo Bimbo, id Software, Maplebear, Microsoft, MindBodyGreen, ModernaTx, Niantic, Seed Health, Sonorous.