Overview
Brian has over two decades of experience helping clients build, protect, and commercialize their trademark and copyright portfolios with a practical approach.
His experience includes prosecuting hundreds of trademark and copyright applications, in addition to related transactions and portfolio management. His advice to clients is informed by over a decade of prior intellectual property litigation experience in federal court, and he presently handles trademark Opposition and Cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as domain disputes before the National Arbitration Forum. He also enjoys educating others on intellectual property issues.
Brian works comfortably with a wide range of clients including charitable organizations, and multinational business entities, from clothing companies to providers of complex software solutions. He enjoys working with intellectual property because it is the area of law that applies to creativity, regardless of scale or industry.
Brian helps clients by actively listening to their needs, explaining legal concepts plainly and clearly, providing high-quality work product, and patiently guiding them through each step of the legal process.
News & Insights
- Recent presentations include
- Presented Trademark and Copyright portions of “Protecting Intellectual Property” webinar to the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Moderated a Table Topics discussion on “Trademark Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions” at the International Trademark Association (INTA) 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Professional & Community Involvement
Pro bono work includes representing a coffee company that creates jobs in Honduras by offering internships, training, and employment opportunities in the coffee industry. The company completed a Fellows Program with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Exchange, a two-way global exchange program designed to promote mutual understanding, enhance leadership and professional skills, and build lasting, sustainable relationships between mid-level emerging leaders from foreign countries and the United States.
Experience
- Conducted full clearance review of all names, logos, and slogans featured in a popular advertising campaign for a publicly traded company culminating in a television commercial airing during the Super Bowl.
- Successfully prosecuted trademark Opposition proceedings against a client’s direct competitor, including trial briefing and live oral argument, before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Prior to GTC
- Associate, McHale & Slavin, P.A.
- Acquired over 18 years of experience as an attorney in a small South Florida intellectual property boutique firm, including trademark and copyright prosecution, as well as patent, trademark, and copyright transactions and litigation.
- Legal Intern, Motorola
- Legal clinic conducted at Motorola’s facility in Plantation, Florida during final semester of law school. Experience included legal research, drafting agreements, and attending intellectual property portfolio management sessions with company management.
Testimonial
“Relationships matter. My experience is that clients appreciate an attorney who not only possesses the legal acumen, but who in turn appreciates the client’s needs and perspective and communicates effectively, sometimes warts and all, to help them best reach their short- and long-term goals.”