COURSE DESCRIPTION
Advance your trademark expertise with sophisticated strategies for complex brand protection scenarios and international trademark planning. This program builds on foundational concepts to address challenging situations including trademark licensing, domain name disputes, and international registration strategies. Develop the specialized knowledge required for comprehensive trademark protection in today's global marketplace.
- Master international trademark protection including Madrid Protocol filings and foreign registration strategies
- Navigate trademark licensing and franchising arrangements that preserve trademark rights and quality control
- Address domain name disputes and cybersquatting enforcement through UDRP and federal court proceedings
- Understand trademark enforcement strategies including opposition and cancellation proceedings
Speaker:
Marc Bernstein is a partner in the Employment Law Department at Paul Hastings. Marc has a broad-based employment litigation practice, with a focus on litigation of trade secrets, covenants not to compete, unfair competition and related business tort claims. Marc litigates a wide range of employment matters, including wage and hour class actions, employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of contract and ERISA litigation. Marc also has extensive experience counseling multinational financial services corporations. His experience includes over 14 years as associate general counsel at American International Group, Inc., where he headed the company’s Labor and Employment legal group and was the senior employment lawyer advising management regarding employment issues.