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Welcome to The Trademark Interview.   

TTI is a digital publication and podcast that provides practical insight and commentary from today’s IP leaders on the following subjects:

  • International trademark & brand protection rules and best practices;
  • Contested proceeding strategies, including oppositions, cancellations, and expungements;
  • Trademark infringement and counterfeiting;
  • Brand protection technology solutions partners; and
  • Trademark case developments

TTI’s goal is to highlight the thinking of global trademark and brand protection professionals.  By providing this online community, we hope to help brand owners, brand protection teams, and their attorneys better understand the latest strategies and risks associated with global brand protection management.

Most importantly, we want to promote the expertise of our fellow global IP and brand protection professionals whose insight makes this publication possible.

If you would like to be a TTI country contributor, please review our submission criteria.   We look forward to taking this journey together.

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James Hastings is an attorney with the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice Group of Practus, LLP.  He is a certified mediator of the INTA Panel of Mediators, an international roster of select professionals with expertise in trademark dispute resolution.

James is…

James Hastings is an attorney with the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice Group of Practus, LLP.  He is a certified mediator of the INTA Panel of Mediators, an international roster of select professionals with expertise in trademark dispute resolution.

James is the publisher of Trademark Opposition Lawyer, an online advisory dedicated to helping brand owners understand important issues that arise in proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  His commentary has been featured on Corporate Counsel, Law.com, LegalZoom,and other digital publications.

He devotes his practice to trademark opposition and trademark cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Over the course of his career, he has represented the interests of numerous national and international brand owners in trademark litigation matters in both the U.S. District Courts and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Prior to his current affiliation with Practus, LLP, James was in-house counsel to a New England-based catalog retailer, where he was responsible for developing trademark portfolio acquisition, protection, and licensing strategies.  Earlier in his career, he was a partner and associate at intellectual property law firms in New York, where he was engaged in trademark portfolio and intellectual property protection work on behalf of well-known fashion and personal care brands.

James is a member of the New York and Connecticut bars.  He has lectured at University MBA programs and legal education conferences on the issues of trademark protection and e-commerce law.

Past and Present Membership

  • International Trademark Association
  • Association Corporate Counsel

  • National E-tailing and Mail Order Organization of America

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