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Mark Schonfeld

Mark Schonfeld

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3329
Location: Boston, MA
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Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First and Third Circuits
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Massachusetts and the Southern District of New York

Experience:

Mr. Schonfeld concentrates his practice in complex business and intellectual property litigation, especially protection of corporate intellectual property through effective methods of trademark, copyright and patent litigation.

Mr. Schonfeld has extensive experience in protecting the world's leading brand names from infringement and is responsible for the seizure of millions of dollars in counterfeit merchandise from distribution centers, retail operations and factories that manufacture counterfeit products. He is highly skilled in preventing and stopping "gray market" imports by using innovative techniques. Mr. Schonfeld has conducted software audit raids for major software companies and several of his cases have resulted in federal criminal prosecution. He obtained the first "asset freeze" order in Massachusetts in a trademark counterfeiting case. Mr. Schonfeld also serves as counsel to the Imaging Supplies Coalition, an organization formed by prominent computer companies to combat counterfeiting and unfair and deceptive trade practices affecting the computer supplies industry.

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Quotes:

  • 7/1/2011, Corporate Counsel - ITC Survey: The Slugfest Continues
    Mark Schonfeld was quoted in this article by Andrew Goldberg.
  • 12/24/2010, Boston Business Journal - Many businesses have to worry about IP protection
    Mark Schonfeld was quoted in this article by Linda Goodspeed.
  • 7/1/2010, The National Law Journal - Lady Gaga Not Poker-Faced About Stopping Sales of Knockoffs
    Mark Schonfeld was quoted in this article by Sheri Qualters.
  • 1/10/2010, The Independent - Inspired, or fashion theft?
    Mark Schonfeld was quoted in this article by Rachel Shields.

Recent Articles and Publications:

Fashion Law
Boston Spirit Magazine, March/April 2011

Combating Grey Goods in the United States
European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) Gazette, November 2010

Stopping the sale of gray-market medical devices
Westlaw Journal, October 11, 2010

Are Minimum Resale Price Plans Legal?
Focus, Fall 2010

Speaking Engagements:

Thomson Reuters Webinar, 6.29.2011
Role: Speaker
Topic: Recent IP Developments (and Development Expectations)

Boston Bar Association - Intellectual Property Law Webinar, 6.16.2011
Location: Boston, MA
Role: Presenter
Topic: Effective Weapons Against the Gray Market

2011 Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting Workshop, 6.16.2011
Location: Providence Convention Center, RI
Role: Panelist
Topic: Intellectual Property Issues in Starting and Growing A Business

2011 IACC Annual Spring Conference, 5.12.2011
Location: San Francisco, CA
Role: Moderator
Topic: Times Are Changing: Parallel Import and Grey Market Goods