Bio

William Bryner practices in the area of trademark, unfair competition, advertising, and copyright law, with an emphasis on litigating disputes in those fields. He has extensive experience litigating matters of this type in federal courts around the country, as well as before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and in counseling clients regarding trademark and copyright protection and enforcement. Mr. Bryner is a North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist in the area of Trademark Law. Mr. Bryner is listed in the 2023 and the nine immediately preceding editions of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Intellectual Property. He was named to Business North Carolina's 2009, 2012 and 2017 "Legal Elite" list for Intellectual Property/Trademarks Law and was listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in 2019 and the eight years immediately preceding in the area of Intellectual Property Litigation and Trademark Law and again in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 for Franchise Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, and Trademark Law. Mr. Bryner was also recognized as a "Greensboro Lawyer of the Year" in 2014 and 2017 for Trademark Law and in 2016 for Intellectual Property Litigation by The Best Lawyers in America®. He was named a North Carolina "Super Lawyer" in 2023 and the 11 years immediately preceding for Intellectual Property Law by Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Bryner is listed in the 2023 and the 11 immediately preceding editions of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals. He received Lexology’s Client Choice Guide - International 2013 Award in the Intellectual Property: Trademarks category for North Carolina. Mr. Bryner was named by Legal Media Group to its 2014 Guide to the World's Leading Trademark Practitioners. He speaks proficient Spanish.