Timothy Capria

Practice Areas

Tim's practice focuses on acquiring intellectual property, patent opinion practice and enforcing intellectual property rights. Tim manages international trademark portfolios each consisting of hundreds of trademarks worldwide. He advises clients in efficient and effective monitoring and enforcement of trademark rights, including navigating protection and strategies in popular online marketplaces. Tim helps clients with brand selection and clearance and assists clients in obtaining trademark registrations in the U.S. and abroad. He has successfully represented clients in over a dozen Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceedings. His experience includes representing a national franchise retailer against a major sporting goods manufacturer in a highly publicized federal trademark infringement lawsuit, and he has successfully defended clients accused of trademark infringement.

Prior to joining Bradley, Tim clerked with Amazon.com, Inc. in Seattle, Washington, in its Intellectual Property Acquisition and Investments group.

Career

Chambers USA, Intellectual Property (2021); The Best Lawyers in America®, Trademark Law (2022), Ones to Watch, Intellectual Property Law (2021); “Attorney for Justice” by the Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission (2019); President’s Award, Nashville Bar Association (2018)

Professional Memberships

Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association; Nashville Bar Association; Poverty and the Arts Board of Directors, Past Vice President and Member; Tennessee Bar Association, Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, LGBT Section Chair; Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville

Personal

JD, Duke University School of Law (2013); BS, Rochester Institute of Technology (2007), with honors