Elizabeth F. Janda
Executive Committee Member | Co-Chair Trademarks
Michigan OfficeP (248) 226-2724ejanda@brookskushman.com

Libby Janda serves as the Co-Chair of Brooks Kushman’s trademark practice, and has over 30 years of experience in intellectual property law. She manages substantial trademark portfolios both domestically and internationally, and works closely with a network of vetted international contacts that the firm has developed over the past decades. Libby handles trademark matters in a variety of industries, including the automotive field; restaurants and food products; advertising and marketing businesses; insurance enterprises; mortgage companies, banks and credit unions; and consumer products and services. She keeps her focus on her clients’ business goals and marketing strategies.
Libby's work encompasses selecting and clearing trademarks, prosecuting trademark applications, representing clients in trademark opposition and cancellation matters, drafting and negotiating licenses and other agreements relating to the use of trademarks and copyrights, and policing the unauthorized use or infringement of clients' rights. She further provides litigation support and consulting on trademark issues and matters.
In addition, Libby assists advertising clients in the review of proper rules and regulations for specific types of product advertising, couponing and sampling. She brainstorms with clients to maintain the broadest possible protection within the realities of that client`s marketplace, taking full account of business goals in shaping an appropriate legal strategy.
Organizations and Affiliations
State Bar of Michigan
Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
International Trademark Association (INTA), U.S. Subcommittee of the Famous & Well-Known Marks Committee
Board of Trustees, Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan
Recognitions
“Leading Lawyers,” Leading Lawyers Magazine, 2014-2019
“World Trademark Review 1000 Recommended Individual,” Intellectual Asset Management, 2015-2019
“Lawyer of the Year” for Trademark Law, Best Lawyers, 2016, 2018, 2020
Best Lawyers in America, 2015 – 2020
“IP Star,” Managing Intellectual Property, 2013 – 2018
“Women in the Law,” Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2015
“Top Lawyer,” DBusiness Magazine, 2015
Press Releases
Nine Brooks Kushman Attorneys Ranked As 2020 Best Lawyer; Two Attorneys Recognized As 2020 Lawyer Of The Year
Brooks Kushman Recognized In The Top Tier Of Each IP Rankings Category By Managing IP; Six Shareholders Named “IP Stars”
Brooks Kushman Recognized by 2019 Chambers and Partners for Third Consecutive Year as Top Intellectual Property Firm
Five Brooks Kushman Shareholders Recognized As Trademark Leaders, Firm Earns Gold Honor In World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
Brooks Kushman Announces New Executive Committee to Serve as Firm Leadership
Brooks Kushman Ranked In The 2019 Best Law Firms List; Nine Attorneys Ranked As Best Lawyer
Nine Brooks Kushman Attorneys Ranked As Best Lawyer; Two Attorneys Recognized as Lawyer of the Year
Brooks Kushman Recognized in the Top Tier of Each IP Rankings Category by Managing IP; Six Shareholders Named “IP Stars”
Brooks Kushman Recognized by Chambers and Partners for Second Consecutive Year
Five Brooks Kushman Shareholders Recognized as Trademark Leaders, Firm Earns Gold Honor in World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
Brooks Kushman Ranked In The 2018 Best Law Firms List; Nine Attorneys Ranked As Best Lawyer
Nine Brooks Kushman Attorneys Ranked as 2018 Best Lawyers
Six Shareholders Named “IP Stars” By Managing IP
Brooks Kushman Ranked in the 2017 Best Law Firms List; Eight Attorneys Ranked as Best Lawyers
Five Brooks Kushman Lawyers Named To 2017 Top Lawyers List
Brooks Kushman Congratulates 7 Attorneys Named as 2017 Best Lawyers In America
Brooks Kushman partners with Girl Scouts to Promote Diversity in STEM Education
Brooks Kushman Attorneys Named “IP Stars” by Managing IP
Brooks Kushman Hosts Workshop For Girl Scouts To Earn IP Patch At USPTO Detroit Office
Brooks Kushman Earns Gold Honors In World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
Brooks Kushman Recognized as 2016 Best Law Firm
Five Brooks Kushman Attorneys Recognized as 2016 Best Lawyers in America
Brooks Kushman Shareholder Named Woman in the Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Brooks Kushman Attorneys Named IP Stars by Managing IP
Brooks Kushman Hosts Michigan's First Event to Help Girl Scouts Earn IP Patch
Brooks Kushman Earns Gold Honors in World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
Brooks Kushman Announces New Chair of Trademark Practice
Brooks Kushman Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a 2014 Best Law Firm; Five Shareholders Named as Best Lawyers
Five Brooks Kushman Attorneys Recognized as 2015 Best Lawyers in America ®
Brooks Kushman Announces Addition of Senior Attorney
Four Brooks Kushman Shareholders Named 2013 Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars
Brooks Kushman Trademark Attorneys Appointed to International Trademark Association Committees
Women Helping Women
Client Alerts
Supreme Court Strikes Down Lanham Act’s Prohibition of Registration of Disparaging Trademarks
First Amendment Challenge to Lanham Act’s Bar
Media Coverage
Featured, “Five Brooks Kushman Attorneys Recognized as 2015 Best Lawyers in America,” 2015 Best Lawyers, August 2014
Featured, “Four Attorneys Named IP Stars’ by Managing IP,” Managing Intellectual Property, May 2014
Presentations
Panelist, “China Intellectual Property Road Show: Detroit,” USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs, July 2017