Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that a team of four leading intellectual property partners from Brinks, Gilson & Lione has joined Barnes & Thornburg’s Intellectual Property Department. This seasoned group of IP litigators brings depth and breadth of experience in all phases of trademark litigation, including preliminary injunctions, judge and jury trials, federal appeals and trademark trial and appeal board proceedings. They build on Barnes & Thornburg’s thriving IP practice.

The team includes John T. Gabrielides, a prominent trademark and copyright litigator with more than 25 years of experience. Each team member served their former firm in administrative leadership roles, including on the board of directors and executive committee. Their arrival, which follows on the heels of two new IP partners in Minneapolis, underscores Barnes & Thornburg’s increasing IP bench strength across the country.

The new additions concentrate their respective practices on trademark, unfair competition, and copyright law, as well as social media and advertising issues. Their litigation experience spans proceedings around the country in federal District Courts, federal Courts of Appeal, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as trademark disputes in nearly every country around the globe.  They provide counsel on both litigation and non-litigation matters, including complex licensing agreements, complex trademark counseling issues, filing and enforcement strategies, management of intellectual property portfolios, and prosecution of trademark and copyright applications. Their work touches on a wide range of industries, from consumer products, food and beverage, entertainment, ecommerce, banking and finance, hospitality, technology, healthcare and more.

“Bringing over this remarkable group of attorneys is a testament to the firm’s dynamism in the intellectual property space and our confidence in where we’re headed in 2016,” said Felicia Boyd, co-chair of Barnes & Thornburg’s IP Department. “This team represents some of the world’s most famous brands, and between them encompass nearly every facet of trademark and copyright law – they’ll undoubtedly serve as invaluable resources for our clients and internally.”

Each attorney brings a uniquely nuanced knowledge of current issues in trademark and copyright law to bear in their work for clients. Gabrielides co-authors the treatise Trademark Litigation Practice. Gabrielides earned his law degree from DePaul University College of Law, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois.

With more than 600 attorneys and other legal professionals, Barnes & Thornburg is one of the largest law firms in the country. The firm serves clients worldwide from 13 offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Indiana, Los Angeles, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com or on Twitter @BTLawNews.