Larry C. Jones

• Counsel to world leaders in the footwear and apparel industry, managing their international dockets of trademark conflicts, including hundreds of active proceedings worldwide.
• Counsel to a major retail organization, managing its docket of copyright and trademark disputes, primarily in the United States and Europe.
• Counsel to a variety of other major corporations in various industries having significant U.S. and international trademark portfolios and interests.

Larry Jones focused his practice on litigation, counseling, and the management of trademark and copyright enforcement and adversarial matters. These services were directed primarily to clients who have large multinational trademark portfolios. His practice also involved the management of the conflicts and litigation dockets of companies who regularly encounter copyright and trademark disputes arising from the merchandise manufactured or marketed by those clients.

Larry routinely represented and counseled clients in litigation conducted not only in the United States, but also in other countries in which those clients conduct their businesses. He managed adversarial matters for the firm’s clients in hundreds of trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings and lawsuits in virtually every country of the world, and he represented clients in federal courts located in approximately 30 states.

Larry was named the 2015 “Charlotte Trademark Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America^® and regularly recognized for trademark law in this publication.

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• Memphis State University (J.D., 1979)
• University of Tennessee (B.S., 1970)

Memberships