Jordan A LaVine

Career

Jordan A. LaVine serves as Flaster Greenberg's Co-Managing Shareholder. He is past chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Department and serves on the firm's Board of Directors. He concentrates his practice on trademark, copyright and unfair competition, strategic counseling, litigation, licensing, and prosecution matters. He is highly regarded within the legal industry and has been named by the World Trademark Review as one of the top three attorneys in Pennsylvania for trademark prosecution, strategy, and counseling and is ranked in the World Trademark Review’s highest band (Gold) for his work.

Jordan handles matters involving trademarks, trade dress, product configuration, unfair competition, trade secrets, copyrights, false advertising, and Internet-related intellectual property issues. His Internet experience includes handling domain disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and counseling clients concerning website development and content protection. Some of Jordan's representative clients are The New York Times Company, Simon & Schuster, Grubhub, Medidata Solutions, and TELUS Corporation. Jordan represents clients of all sizes, from individuals to start-up companies to some of the largest companies in the world.

A frequent lecturer and author, Jordan speaks and writes on various topics in the intellectual property field. Jordan is a past co-chair of ALI/ABA’s course of trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition for the general counsel and solo practitioners and is a frequent speaker on topics related to intellectual property law. Jordan has also been engaged as expert witness in matters concerning trademark law and is also regularly contacted by members of the media for legal commentary on breaking news regarding trademark disputes.

In addition to his recognition by the World Trademark Review, Jordan has received numerous other recognitions, including being selected as a “Leader in the Field” in Pennsylvania for intellectual property by Chambers & Partners USA, 2008 – 2025; selected to Best Lawyers in America® in the field of trademarks and copyrights, 2013 – 2025; was ranked by Trademark Insider Magazine among the top 25 trademark lawyers in the U.S.; and has been named a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters for many years.

For 13 years, Jordan was an adjunct professor at Villanova University School of Law, where he created and taught the course “Advanced Trademark Issues.” He has also been a guest lecturer at the Fordham University School of Law.

Professional Memberships

Member, International Trademark Association

Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

Member, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association

Experience

Jordan represents public and private companies in such industries as media and publishing, technology and telecommunications, consumer products and services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, automotive, automotive chemicals and accessories, retail and commercial services, apparel, jewelry, software and food products, handling such matters as:

Advising companies regarding brand selection and the expansion and strengthening of their portfolios of intellectual property through registration, licensing and other means

Contested matters in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the federal courts, including trial work and numerous preliminary injunction hearings on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants

International procurement and protection of intellectual property rights

Assisting with the prevention of the misappropriation of intellectual property in electronic media, including the Internet

Education