Allison Strickland Ricketts

Trademark Prosecution

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Allison helps clients build and protect their trademark portfolio, so that they can use it as both a sword and a shield as they conquer their respective industries. In her three decades of practice as a trademark prosecution specialist, she’s reviewed and evaluated thousands of trademark clearance searches and has filed and prosecuted more than 3,000 U.S. trademark applications.

There are few practitioners in the country who have managed the same quantity and quality of work with similar success. Although it is accurate, the “prosecution specialist” tag doesn’t do her practice justice. Her expertise is a crucial component in high-stakes trademark disputes. The strength of her prosecution work protects clients from litigation, both in disputes and negotiations—turning disputes decisively in her client’s favour. Litigators rely on her intuitive understanding of weaknesses in an adversary’s claims to gain advantage.

Her influence in the marketplace is unsurpassed. She’s a trusted resource for officials in the USPTO—for instance, she spearheaded a petition program that made refiling trademarks tied to obsolete technology simpler and conflict-resistant.