Kevin G. Smith Partner

Mr. Smith specializes in all aspects of U.S. and international trademark law, including trademark prosecution, counseling, opinions, licensing, litigation support and Internet-related rights. Kevin has been selected by the editors of Euromoney Magazine as one of the leading trademark experts in the United States.

District of Columbia, Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court - Northern District of Georgia
U.S. Claims Court
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
U.S. District Court - District of Columbia

Potomac School of Law (J.D.  1980)
Saint Mary's College of Maryland (B.A. Social Science, 1976)

Listed in the Euromoney Legal Media Group Guide to The World’s Leading Trademark Law Practitioners 2004-2011
Listed in Who’s Who Legal USA 2005-2007 for Trademarks 
Listed in Madison’s Who’s Who for Business Executives

Shoemaker & Mattare, Partner (1985-00) - specialized in all aspects of domestic and foreign trademark practice; provided counseling and litigation support, trademark opinion and licensing; oversaw development of active network of foreign associates; Trademark Associate (1980-85) - prepared and prosecuted applications before the Trademark Office; Trademark/Patent Searcher (1976-80) - conducted trademark registrability searches and preliminary patentability investigations

MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, INC. v. EUROFLEX S.R.L. (Feb. 2010) - 1:09-cv-00769-RMU

Rodale Inc. v. U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc. (E.D. Tex. 2009) - Civ. No.:  4:08-cv-0120

Hendrix, LLC and Authentic Hendrix, LLC v. Electric Hendrix, LLC; Electric Hendrix Apparel, LLC; Electric Hendrix Licensing, LLC; and Craig Dieffenbach - Civ. No.:  C07-0338 TSZ ( U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ).  Decision for Plaintiff

24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. v. 24/7 Tribecca Fitness, LLC, Peter Williams Enterprises, Inc., Peter Williams, and Does 1-10, No. 03-CV-4069, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

HealthNet, Inc. v. Health Net, Inc. - Civ. No. 2:01-0835 (USDC SD W. VA)

Michael G. Kessler & Associates, Ltd. v. Marksmen LLC and Marksmen, Inc., Civil Action No. 03-CV-0787 (USDC, Southern District of New York)

Ottilia Hertel, KG, Hertel Interholdings, Gmbh, and Hertel Grill Systems, Inc. v. Thomas R. Odermatt, Rotisystems, Inc., and Does 1 through 25, No.: C 06-01226 (JL) - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Sunkist Growers Inc. v. Terri Babin - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Sunkist Growers Inc., vs. American Home Services dba Sunkissed Groves, (CV 02-01943--SVW(CTx) (USDC, Central District of California, Western Division)

The Dallas Sidekicks, Ltd. v. Dallas Desperados Football Club, Ltd. (a Dallas Cowboy Property), Jones Team Sports, Inc., and Arena Football League, L.L.C., Civ. A. No. 3-02CV-0820R (USDC Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)

Westco Group, Inc. v. K.B. & Assocs., Inc., 128 F. Supp. 2d 1082, Civil Action No. 5:00-CV-2019 (USDC, N.D. Ohio 2001)

Frito-Lay North America America Inc., v. Rice Investments LP (E.D. Texas 2010)

Kingsdown, Inc. v. King Koil Licensing Company, Inc. (U.S.D.C. Middle District of N.C.)

Nygaard et al v. Hvastovich et al (D. Conn. 2010)

Rice Investments LP v. Frito-Lay North America Inc. (D. Penn. 2010)

Rodale Incorporated v. AZ URBANATHLON LLC et al ( USDC Arizona Phoenix Division )

Snack Alliance, Inc. et al v. Utz Quality Foods, Inc ( U.S.D.C. No. Dist. of Ohio)

Associations

• American Intellectual Property Law Association - TM Law Committee, TM Relations with the USPTO Committee, and Intellectual Property Practice in the Far East Committee
• International Trademark Association (INTA) - Asia-Pacific/Canada TMO Relations Subcommittee (APC Subcommittee) of The Trademark Office Practices Committee (TOPC) 2008 - 2010; TM Administrators Committee 2006-2008; US Workshops Project team 2004-2007; Program Committee - 2007 Project team for the Trademark Administrators Workshop International Trademark Association - U.S. PTO Committee; Project team - INTA Trademark Administration Conference 2001; Meetings Committee; Brand Names Education Foundation Committee 2001-03; Project team - INTA Trademark Basics 2000 Forum
• American Bar Association (ABA) - Intellectual Property Law Section Committee #254 Voting Member: Special Committee on Online Trademark Issues 2004-2009 ABA Intellectual Property Law Section Committee #203 Voting Member:  Patent and Trademark Office Affairs 2003-2009
• District of Columbia Bar Association Intellectual Property Section- Steering Committee Member, (2004 - 2007)
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Georgia Bar Association - IP Section
• Intellectual Property Owners (IPO)-  Trademark Office Practice (U.S.) Committee
• AIPLA I.P. In China Committee 2011-2012
• INTA 2012-2013 Non-Traditional Marks Committee- Middle East, Africa & South Asia Subcommittee

Adjunct Professor Trademark Law Georgetown University

International Trademark Association - Speaker, on trademark searching/practice and procedure
"Protecting Chinese Trademarks in Arab, Latin and US Regions" on May 30, 2007, in Beijing China
"Opposition and Litigation Considerations for Chinese Brands Expanding to the US"  June 26, 2008 Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
‎"Workshop on TM procedures at the Offices in the US and Germany" (INTA Annual Meeting 2011)‎
Arab Society for Intellectual Property - Speaker "Protection of Well-Known Marks in the U.S.," April 25 and 26, 2012, Amman, Jordan