Jennifer M Mikulina

Practice Areas

Partner Jennifer Mikulina focuses her practice on trademark and copyright counseling, prosecution, licensing and enforcement. She counsels companies in a wide variety of industries, including consumer goods, food products, digital currency, health care services, insurance, hospitality/restaurant services and software/online services. Jennifer delivers a client-first approach to legal work and has been praised by clients and market-leading publications.

Jennifer works with domestic and international companies to register, maintain, protect and license trademarks, service marks, domain names and other key brands, and she assists clients with the development and implementation of international brand management and enforcement programs. She advises clients on copyright matters related to various works of authorship, including print publications, data compilations, software, online content and online databases.

Jennifer works on the intellectual property aspects of transactions, including strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and license arrangements for public and privately held companies. Jennifer has experience counseling clients on a variety of information technology matters, including software licenses, software audits, and agreements related to software development/customization and big data.

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Professional Memberships

International Trademark Association, member of the Law Firm Committee; former member of the Pro Bono Committee

National Association of Women Lawyers

Chicago Women in Intellectual Property

Work Highlights

Counseled companies in the selection, clearance and protection of trademarks in the United States and abroad

Worked with clients and US Customs and Border Protection officers on the seizure of counterfeit goods

Represented clients in numerous opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in Uniform Domain Name Dispute Proceedings before the National Arbitration Forum

Represented a consumer goods company in a trademark infringement, unfair competition, deceptive trade practices, counterfeiting and design infringement lawsuit against a major retailer for sales of unauthorized and defective goods