Alan represents domestic and international clients regarding trademark, trade dress, copyright, unfair competition, domain name, advertising and design issues. He regularly consults with companies seeking to develop global brand strategies, and to maintain and enforce their intellectual property portfolios. Alan has also obtained and enforced non-traditional intellectual property protection for clients around the world. He has received multiple orders and judgments from the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts enforcing his clients' trademark and copyright interests.
Awards & Recognitions
· The Best Lawyers in America, Copyright Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Trademark Law, 2005-2012
Professional Associations & Memberships
· American Bar Association
· The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
· International Trademark Association
· The Missouri Bar
News & Publications
News
9.6.11, More Than 100 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2012
Publications
1.1.12, Overlapping Rights in Designs, Trademarks and Trade Dress, Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights, Oxford University Press
1.1.03, Don't Be a Name Dropper: Save and Strengthen Your Company's Brands through a Trademark Management Program, ACCA Docket
Events
11.1.11, Annual Eighth Circuit and Federal Circuit Trademark Review, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Speaking Engagement
10.20.11, Intellectual Property Seminar
St. Louis, MO
Seminar
10.28.10, St. Louis Business Journal and ALIVE Magazine's "Build Your Brand" Seminar
St. Louis, MO
Speaking Engagement
4.22.10, Intellectual Property Seminar
Chicago, IL
Seminar
10.15.09, Intellectual Property Seminar
St. Louis, MO
Seminar
10.24.08, Intellectual Property Seminar
St. Louis, MO
Seminar
5.1.01, Protection of Foreign Intellectual Property Rights, Midwest International Trade Association, Omaha, Neb.
Speaking Engagement
5.1.00, The Eight Deadly Sins of Internet Liability, Midwest Treasurers Management Association, Omaha, Neb.
Speaking Engagement
11.1.99, Lights, Camera, Civil Action! An Introduction to the Law of Filmmaking, New Filmmakers Forum, St. Louis International Film Festival
Speaking Engagement
5.1.99, Intellectual Property Issues in International Distance Learning, University of Missouri Conference on Distance Learning, Kansas City, Mo.
Speaking Engagement
4.1.99, Trademarks, Truth in Advertising and Copyrights and Legal and Ethical Issues in Marketing, Business Marketing Association, St. Louis, Mo.
Speaking Engagement
7.1.98, Intellectual Property Issues for Educational Publications, Association of Editors of Jesuit Publications, St. Louis, Mo.
Speaking Engagement
1.1.98, Counseling Clients in Trademark Selection and Use, International Trademark Association Roundtable, St. Louis, Mo.
Speaking Engagement
1.1.97, Copyright Issues in Education, Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis
Speaking Engagement
1.1.97, Public School Liability for Internet Use, Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.; Professional Development Network, St. Louis, Mo.
Speaking Engagement