Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm overview:
“Big in volume and quality”, Norton Rose’s brands team is located in six offices across Texas, Minnesota and New York and is supported by a global team of more than 100 trademark practitioners in five continents. The US team advises on brand protection through prosecution and enforcement against infringement, dilution, and counterfeiting, through to litigation. Peers pick the Minneapolis group as home to the firm’s best US trademark practitioners.
Team overview:
Minneapoleans Tim Kenny and Felicia Boyd are “great on the contentious side”. Boyd is the firm’s head of IP brands in the US and is a recommended litigator in the Minneapolis market. She has managed the global portfolio of a Fortune 50 financial company for almost 30 years and serves as an arbitrator and mediator. Head of IP, US, Kenny has advised on more than 200 proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, handled thousands of trademark policing matters and numerous federal intellectual property cases involving trademark, trade dress and unfair competition issues. His non-contentious practice includes managing a portfolio of more than 3,000 files for a steelmaker and rail company.
The firm strengthened its New York IP practice in February 2024 with the addition of high-profile brand specialist Johanna Schmitt, who joined from Kirkland & Ellis.
Key matters:
- Felicia Boyd (Highly Recommended, Contentious) represents Tiny Capital, in an extension of time application before the TTAB, as a potential opposer to the filing of the mark ‘Tiny CFO’ by Tiny CFO.
- Tim Kenny represents Six Continents Hotels in an extension of time application to oppose Voice Team’s filing of the mark ‘Expressrez’ before the TTAB.
- Jeff Richardson acts for cosmetics company Stila Styles in opposition proceedings against a competitor to protect the mark ‘Stila’.
Clients:
Enthusiast Gaming, Global Gourmet Foods, Harsco Technologies, Link Snacks, Six Continents Hotels, Stila Styles, Tiny Capital.
