June 22, 2015   (202) 783-4141

 

 

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trademark law expert Mitchell Stabbe has moved his practice to Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, joining the firm as a partner effective today.  In a career spanning over 30 years, Mr. Stabbe has specialized in helping clients protect their intellectual property in the face of constant changes in trademark law and in technology.  He joins the firm from Locke Lord’s Washington, D.C. office, where his practice has focused on the ever-evolving interplay between trademarks and the Internet.  For example, Mr. Stabbe has regularly advised clients regarding ICANN’s roll-out of hundreds of new generic top level domains (gTLDs) and the protections available to brand owners against cybersquatting and other domain name abuses.

 

Mr. Stabbe’s clients represent a wide array of industries, including communications, media, publishing, technology, education, non-profit associations, real estate leasing, banking and premium cigars.  He provides counsel on the availability and registration of trademarks and service marks (having prosecuted over a thousand applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office), the protection and policing of intellectual property, the drafting and negotiation of contracts, licenses, assignments and security interests involving intellectual property rights, and the prosecution of civil litigation regarding infringement and unfair competition claims. 

 

Bryan Tramont, Managing Partner of Wilkinson Barker Knauer, said, “We have known Mitch for many years and are very pleased to have him join the team.  The firm has long seen trademark law as a logical growth practice.  Mitch’s rich roster of communications and media clients, combined with the rest of our trademark group, will give us critical scale to expand and further complement our regulatory practices.”  Mr. Stabbe commented, “Wilkinson Barker provides a perfect platform for my practice, and I am very much looking forward to serving both my current clients and the firm’s existing clients, as well as helping expand the firm’s capabilities in the trademark area.”  

 

Mr. Stabbe received a B.A.  from the University of Rochester and earned his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School.  He is a member of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Florida Bars and an active member of the International Trademark Association.

 

Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, the nation’s largest standalone communications and technology law firm, is ranked as a “first tier” firm by Chambers USA (Telecom, Broadcast, and Satellite: Regulatory), and Legal 500 (Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory), and was twice named “Law Firm of the Year” in communications law by U.S. News – Best Lawyers (2012 & 2014).  The firm, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Denver, Colorado, advises clients ranging from global Fortune 100 companies to small start-ups in regulatory, transactional, corporate and litigation matters involving all aspects of communications and energy law, at both the state and federal levels.  Additional information is at http://www.wbklaw.com.  

 

More on Mr. Stabbe can be found at http://www.wbklaw.com/Our_Team/Mitchell_Stabbe and additional information about Wilkinson Barker Knauer can be found at http://www.wbklaw.com.  Mr. Stabbe can be reached at (202) 383-3379 and at mstabbe@wbklaw.com.