With knowledge across both traditional and non-traditional trademarks, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is highly experienced in the fashion and retail, entertainment and consumer products industries. Andrea Calvaruso spearheads the group with her extensive knowledge across the remits of enforcement programs, strategic counseling and portfolio management. Patricia L. Werner is immersed within the sectors of fashion, retail and entertainment, and excels on the portfolio management side, while Kelli Ortega’s arsenal of skills is comprised of prosecution, trademark clearance and co-existence agreements, among others. All listed attorneys operate from the firm’s New York office.
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Témoignages

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  • ‘Their advice is always tailored to our business. They will think of issues that we do not, and which are very specific to our business and the reason they are able to do this is because they take so much time to get to know both the industry and business. A fantastic team which I constantly recommend to friends and colleagues.’

  • ‘Patricia Werner and Andrea Calvaruso lead an exceptional team of IP lawyers - never any generic advice, always commercially sound. I trust them implicitly and operate as though they are part of our in-house team. Always available and keen to assist.’

  • ‘A+ commercial advice - never generic response. Always available and never too busy to assist. A fantastic team of incredibly smart people led by Andrea Calvaruso who you would want on any team.’

  • ‘Stand out partners are Andrea Calvaruso and Patricia Werner. Best of the best.’

  • ‘Very commercial, proactive, collaborative and responsive. Capable of managing large global portfolios with ease.’

  • ‘Kelli Ortega is a pleasure to work with. She is very commercial, proactive, collaborative and responsive. She knows her client's business inside out and is able to recommend commercial solutions to tricky issues.’

  • ‘Kelley Drye's personable team makes them very pleasant to work with. They are very capable as trademark attorneys and able to advise on clients across a broad range of industries. They're well-resourced and efficient which makes dealing with large volumes of trade mark matters seamless.’

  • ‘Kelli Ortega is an exceptional trademark attorney. We work together on a large trademark portfolio and she provides an excellent service for the client. She manages a large volume of matters to a high standard, and her personable and efficient approach makes her very pleasant to work with. Her experience, knowledge and industry awareness shines through whenever we work together.’

Clients clés

  • FanDuel Group, Inc.
  • Eight Saints
  • Raising Cane’s USA, LLC
  • Endeavor (formerly WME | IMG)
  • The Avon Company
  • Bacardi & Co. Ltd.
  • Nelk Inc.
  • Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”)
  • Ralph Lauren Corp.
  • Makeup By Mario Dedivanovic / Ljulja Beauty, Inc.

Points forts

  • Advised Take-Two Interactive Software in connection with trademark counseling, enforcement and opposition matters, including a number of matters currently pending in the TTAB. We recently assisted the client with clearance and global filings for its marks GTA+, PROPLAY and SUGARTOWN.
  • Represented Endeavour and all of its affiliated companies worldwide, including management of its worldwide trademark and copyright portfolio, licensing, IP related agreements, promotions, rights of publicity, internet content, domain names, and enforcement and related adversarial proceedings
  • Represented FanDuel Inc. in a wide range of trademark enforcement, counseling and clearance work, including maintenance of its worldwide IP portfolio and overseeing all enforcement matters.

Avocats

Responsable de la pratique

Andrea Calvaruso

Autres avocats clés

Patricia L. Werner; Kelli Ortega