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Trademarks
Trademarks are among your company’s most valuable assets. Our trademark attorneys work with our clients to ensure their brands are protected in the markets and regions they serve.
~20K+
trademarks under our watch
180+
countries – we have your IP protected in nearly every country in the world
800+
trademark portfolios managed
1,000+
oppositions currently represented
“Brooks Kushman is a leading IP boutique with an outstanding patent and trademark prosecution and portfolio management practice. Protecting brands globally and devising and executing strategies to enhance them is the modus operandi of the specialized trademark team.” - World Trademark Review
Elevate Your IP Protection: Brooks Kushman, Premier Trademark Law Firm
Committed to advancing and protecting inventions, brand names, creative works, and all other forms of intellectual property, Brooks Kushman creates customized strategies for Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, technology companies, and universities. Our trademark law firm offers a full range of intellectual property services provided by skilled experts who work with clients in a variety of technical disciplines and industries.
Brooks Kushman is among the top trademark law firms in the United States, protecting some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Led by creative, enthusiastic, and trustworthy professionals, our trademark team works with you to render top-quality and timely clearance, registration, and enforcement counsel for your brands. We lead with your business objectives in mind.
Our Capabilities
We manage international trademark portfolios for Fortune 500 companies and others across various industries and technologies. In aggregate, Brooks Kushman has well over 15,000 active trademark applications/registrations under its management. We have an incredibly talented paralegal pool and, along with our longstanding and extensive network of foreign associates, we provide expertise in a collaborative and efficient manner in the U.S. and abroad.
Our trademark group has extensive experience in managing and addressing all facets of domestic and international trademark practice. We focus on our clients’ interests and provide tailored strategies to achieve the goals of the business. Services we offer include:
Global Brand Protection
We advise our clients on everything related to registration and use of trademarks. We understand the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for filing and enforcement to protect IP in important commercial and emerging markets. We have a trusted network of law firms that we vetted over many years on the basis of quality, responsiveness, and value. In addition to guiding substantive and strategic work associated with growing and protecting a global portfolio, we manage foreign counsel charges and review invoices to ensure compliance with fee arrangements.
Online Enforcement & Brand Protection
In today’s digital world, the ways in which we protect trademark assets are important, often creative, and in collaboration with local experts.
We work with our clients to build Brand Protection Programs. This includes recording trademark registrations with Customs authorities, developing relationships with Customs officers, preparing Brand Protection Guides, and holding Customs training sessions. (Detroit has the most active international border crossing in the U.S.)
We work with our clients to develop online enforcement protocols to police and enforce brands on the Internet, including how to address unauthorized use of marks and counterfeit goods offered at online marketplaces and websites. We offer guidance for domain name recovery and online enforcement strategies, including recovery of domain names via the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and other domain name dispute resolution policies, online takedowns via specific platform policies (including social media and shopping platforms), and otherwise utilizing the notice and takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Trademark Enforcement and Litigation
Brooks Kushman actively reviews weekly watch notices, amounting to tens of thousands annually, for well-known brand owners. We work on predetermined parameters to assess level of concern and take a deeper dive for those that may give rise to opposition proceedings, C&D letters, and/or escalation to a formal lawsuit. We have vast experience in representing clients at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), at District Courts across the nation, and have an Appellate practice in State and Federal Courts. Brooks knows what it takes to win high-stakes cases and offers litigation teams that are courtroom-tested.
Our decades-long relationships with clients reflect our commitment to providing concise, practical, timely, and business-focused advice.
Awards and Recognition
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Brooks Kushman Attorneys Recognized as 2025 IP Stars by Managing IP for Excellence in Patent and Trademark Law
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Brooks Kushman Attorney Molly Crandall Authors INTA Article on Caire Beauty’s IP Strategy
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Chloe Conway Named a 2025 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow
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Brooks Kushman Recognized as One of the Largest IP Law Firm in Michigan 2025
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Six Brooks Kushman Shareholders Recognized as Trademark Leaders; Firm Recognized in World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
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Brooks Kushman Announces Hope Shovein Elected to Serve as Co-Chair of Trademarks
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Chloe Conway Presented at the June Network Meeting for the Fashion Law Network
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Seven Brooks Kushman Shareholders Recognized as Trademark Leaders; Firm Recognized in World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
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Brooks Kushman Recognized In The Top Tier Of IP Firms In The Country By Managing IP; Seven Shareholders Named “IP Stars”
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Generic Terms and Trademark Protection: Understanding and Navigating the Landscape
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A Bridge(erton) Too Far: The Fine Line Between Acceptable Fan-Created Content and IP Infringement
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Brooks Kushman Welcomes Four New Associates, Expands Trademark, Patent Prosecution and Litigation Practice
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Brooks Kushman Recognized as Gold-Standard Firm By 2022 IAM Annual Patent 1000 For The Ninth year In A Row; Eight Attorneys Recognized as Top Practitioners
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Brooks Kushman Recognized In The Top Tier Of IP Firms In The Country By Managing IP; Eight Shareholders Named “IP Stars”
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Hope Shovein Panelist at The McCarthy Institute’s Debut IP Conference in Phoenix
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Hope Shovein Panelist at The McCarthy Institute’s Debut IP Conference in Phoenix
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Seven Brooks Kushman Shareholders Recognized As Trademark Leaders; Firm Recognized In World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
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Brooks Kushman Elects Robyn Lederman to Serve As A Member of the Executive Committee
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Four Brooks Kushman Shareholders Recognized As Trademark Leaders, Firm Earns Gold Honor In World Trademark Review 1000 Listing
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder Erica Klein to Present at World Trademark Review Brand Protection Online Event
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Business, Legislative, and Intellectual Property Developments Position Hemp as a Viable Advanced Material
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Nine Brooks Kushman Attorneys Ranked As 2020 Best Lawyer; Two Attorneys Recognized As 2020 Lawyer Of The Year
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Brooks Kushman Hosts Chinese Delegation in Partnership With Michigan State University
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Nine Brooks Kushman Attorneys Ranked As Best Lawyer; Two Attorneys Recognized as Lawyer of the Year
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder Marc Lorelli To Serve As Panelist At 2018 ACC Corporate Counsel University
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Brooks Kushman Further Expands Trademark Practice with Addition of Erica D. Klein
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Brooks Kushman Recognized by Chambers and Partners for Second Consecutive Year
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Brooks Kushman Attorneys Present at All About STEM! in Partnership With the INTA Unreal Campaign
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Brooks Kushman President to Speak at the Managing Intellectual Property Trademark Roadshow in Los Angeles
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder to Speak at the Managing Intellectual Property Trademark Roadshow in New York
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Brooks Kushman Ranked In The 2018 Best Law Firms List; Nine Attorneys Ranked As Best Lawyer
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Brooks Kushman Attorneys to Present at State Bar of Michigan IP Law Section: Basic Trademark & Patent Practice for Lawyers and Paralegals
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Attorney Anna Robinson Helps Launch Pro Bono Trademark Clearinghouse Pilot Program
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Lanham Act’s Prohibition of Registration of Disparaging Trademarks
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Brooks Kushman Congratulates 7 Attorneys Named as 2017 Best Lawyers In America
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Brooks Kushman Attorney Named Among 2016 “Women in the Law” By Michigan Lawyers Weekly
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Brooks Kushman Shareholders Participate in IP Management Essentials Bootcamp
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Brooks Kushman Associate to Discuss IP Protection for Artists at Protecting Your Practice
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder Named Woman in the Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder Kristin Murphy to present at Detroit Entrepreneur Week Small Business Legal Academy
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New Canadian Trademark Requirements Will Create Challenges, Opportunities For Brand Owners
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Brooks Kushman Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a 2014 Best Law Firm; Five Shareholders Named as Best Lawyers
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder Molly Crandall Discusses Marijuana Industry Brand Protection in Law360
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Brooks Kushman Associate to Discuss Intellectual Property Ownership in University of Michigan Webinar Series
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Brooks Kushman Continues to Expand IP Depth with the Addition of Two Attorneys
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New Resource: Recent Developments in Information Technology Law Third Quarter 2013
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Brooks Kushman Announces Four New Attorneys; Further Expands Medical Device and Trademark Practice Groups
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Brooks Kushman's Tong Discusses Intellectual Property Law at Los Angeles Paralegal Association's 37th Annual October Conference
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Hope Shovein Elected Chair of the Young Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Michigan
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Four Brooks Kushman Lawyers Named to 2013 Super Lawyers List; Ten Attorneys Honored as Rising Stars
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Four Brooks Kushman Shareholders Named 2013 Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars
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Brooks Kushman's Cantor and Angileri Recognized as 2014 Best Lawyers in America
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Declaratory Judgments - Trademark cases not immune from MedImmune: The potential for increased trademark infringement litigation?
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Protecting the Crown Jewels: Intangible Company Assets - Trademark Protection
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Brooks Kushman Hires Industry Veteran Daniel Stock, Enhances Corporate Transactions Expertise
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Brooks Kushman's Anessa Kramer to Moderate Discussion at 2004 INTA Annual Conference
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How Trademark Litigation Over Internet Domain Names Will Change After Section 43(d) of the Lanham Act
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Taking an Aggressive Stance Against Counterfeiters: An Overview of Trademark Counterfeiting Litigation Under the Lanham Act
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William Abbatt
Patent Prosecution & Patent Litigation
Michigan
Mark Cantor
Shareholder & General Counsel
Michigan
Rebecca Cantor
Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret Litigation, & Trademark Office Proceedings
Michigan
Chloe Conway
Trademark & Brand Protection
Michigan
Molly Crandall
Co-Chair Trademarks
Michigan
Elizabeth Janda
Trademark & Brand Protection
Michigan
Fatima Kassem
Trademark & Brand Protection
Michigan
Erica D. Klein
Trademark & Copyright
Michigan
Robyn Lederman
Executive Committee Member, Trademark
Michigan
Amy Leshan
Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret Litigation & Trademark Enforcement/Anti-counterfeiting
Michigan
Marc Lorelli
Co-Chair Litigation
Michigan
Chelsea E. Pasquali
Intellectual Property Litigation
Michigan
Abdulai Rashid
Patent Prosecution & Intellectual Property Litigation
Michigan
Hope Shovein
Co-Chair Trademarks
Michigan
Jennifer Ziegler
Trademark & Brand Protection
Michigan