About Scott M. Sisun Esq.
Practice Areas
- Trademarks
- Copyrights
- Patent
- Intellectual Property
Education
- Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York, 2003LL.M.
- Major: Intellectual Property
- Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York, 2001J.D.
- Honors: Moot Court Honor Society
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1997B.A.
Representative Cases
- Conducted thousands of trademark full searches to determine trademark distinctiveness and potential trademark conflicts
- Overcame numerous United States Patent and Trademark Office trademark application refusals
- Advised on numerous trademark and brand protection strategies
- Managed various worldwide trademark and copyright portfolio, filing, and enforcement programs
- Handled numerous T.T.A.B. trademark trial and appeal board trademark matters
- Drafted and defended trademark cease and desist letters
- Prepared Brand Guidelines for various licensing clients
- Filed numerous copyright applications
- Enforced and defended various copyright matters
- Successfully advised IP clients in pre-acquisition stages
- Created and implemented IP due diligence strategies for pre-IPO clients
- Successfully brought and defended numerous UDRP domain name enforcement matters
- Assisted clients with Amazon Brand Registry trademark protocols
- Represented CBD and cannabis clients in various IP matters
- Advised various professional athletes and celebrities on trademark and copyright protection strategies
Classes and Seminars
- “Brand Essentials: Choosing, Protecting and Understanding Trademarks and Domain Names,”, New York City Bar Association, - October 13, 2010
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2002
Other Affiliations
- New York, 2002
- USPTO Trademark Examiner alumni
- International Trademark Association (Member, Trademark Office Practices Committee, USPTO subcommittee)
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Trademark & Unfair Competition Committee)
- Trademark and Unfair Competition and Fashion Law Committees of the New York City Bar
- Enforcement Sub Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
Past Positions
- United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Examining Attorney
- Judge John A. O’Shaughnessy, Law Clerk
- Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
- Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP
Articles
Published Works
- Co-author, Loss of Trademark Rights a Practice Note, Practical Law
- Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, an ABA publication, “Revisiting Federal and State Trademark Registration for the Cannabis Industry,” 2018
- Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, an ABA publication, “The Ball Is in Your Court: An Update on Trademarks (and Copyright) in Sports,” 2017
Office Info
Nearby Lawyers
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- Patent
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