Robert Hanlon specializes in intellectual property, concentrating in trademark, copyright and internet-related matters. His practice includes counseling and prosecuting trademark and copyright interests and litigating patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret infringement, licensing, breach of contract, antitrust and franchise issues. He also is actively involved in the full range of intellectual property issues that arise in transactions, such as asset acquisitions and transfers, the preparation of confidentiality agreements, assignments, licenses and due diligence projects.
Bob has represented computer, electronic, sporting goods and industrial manufacturers, clothing store chains, book and software publishers, internet service providers, media measurement and telecommunications companies, cosmetic and pharmaceutical manufacturers, authors and motion picture distributors, and gem grading laboratories, among others, in monitoring, licensing and defending their rights to various trademarks, copyrights, domain names and other intellectual property interests. He has represented clients in negotiations concerning book, magazine, television, motion picture and music rights, and in litigations concerning a broad spectrum of these interests. Mr. Hanlon has also negotiated numerous settlements of disputes concerning intellectual property contracts, licensing and infringement.
Robert Hanlon specializes in intellectual property, concentrating in trademark, copyright and internet-related matters. His practice includes counseling and prosecuting trademark and copyright interests and litigating patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret infringement, licensing, breach of contract, antitrust and franchise issues. He also is actively involved in the full range of intellectual property issues that arise in transactions, such as asset acquisitions and transfers, the preparation of confidentiality agreements, assignments, licenses and due diligence projects.
Bob has represented computer, electronic, sporting goods and industrial manufacturers, clothing store chains, book and software publishers, internet service providers, media measurement and telecommunications companies, cosmetic and pharmaceutical manufacturers, authors and motion picture distributors, and gem grading laboratories, among others, in monitoring, licensing and defending their rights to various trademarks, copyrights, domain names and other intellectual property interests. He has represented clients in negotiations concerning book, magazine, television, motion picture and music rights, and in litigations concerning a broad spectrum of these interests. Mr. Hanlon has also negotiated numerous settlements of disputes concerning intellectual property contracts, licensing and infringement.
Bob is a frequent lecturer at professional and trade organizations including the International Trademark Association (INTA), Practicing Law Institute (PLI), The Institute for Intellectual Property – Japan (IIP), CIO Roundtable (Fordham Univ.), and the International Association of Contract and Commercial Managers (IACCM).
Bob received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School in 1990. He has an M.S. in counseling from the College of Staten Island and a B.A. in psychology from Long Island University.
He is admitted to practice in the States of New York and New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the District of New Jersey and the District of Arizona, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.