Bio

Cheryl Burbach currently co-manages the firm's Trademark & Copyright Practice. Her extensive experience assisting clients with securing and protecting IP assets spans the globe. She has worked with companies in a vast array of industries, including software, pharmaceuticals, electronics, entertainment, fashion, pet products, financial services, and education. For more than 20 years, her practice has involved widely varied aspects of intellectual property and related corporate business transactions, with a particular emphasis on domestic and international trademark searches, registration procedures, enforcement, counseling, and litigation. She specializes in trademark, copyright, domain name, trade dress, and related areas of internet, e-commerce, unfair competition, customs, and advertising law, as well as intellectual property administrative litigation proceedings before the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings before ICANN, and federal civil litigation. Her practice also encompasses intellectual property licensing, trade secrets, establishing corporate intellectual property programs, conducting corporate audits, and domestic and international due diligence investigations. She works with IP firms worldwide in protecting and enforcing her clients' IP rights. Throughout her career, Cheryl has been a frequent speaker and presented on various trademark and copyright topics. She has actively participated in professional organizations, including serving on committees of the International Trademark Association, as well serving on the Board and chairing committees of the Association of Intellectual Property Firms.