Merchant & Gould: Andrew S. Ehard

University of Wisconsin Madison
B.A. Psychology, 1993

District of Columbia School of Law
J.D., 1997

International Trademark Association (INTA), 2000-present
INTA Trademark Office Practices Committee - Examination Guidelines Subcommittee, 2006-2007
INTA Trademark Office Practices Committee - Classification Subcommittee, 2004-2005
Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association, 2000-2004
Virginia State Bar, 1997-present
Intellectual Property Law Section - Virginia Bar, 1999-2000

AMSOIL INC. v. Turvill Consultants, Claim No. FA0512000616726 (NAF, February 7, 2006), successfully arguing for the transfer of the domain name amsoiloil.com to AMSOIL INC.

Chester L. Krause v. Krause Publications, Inc., Cancellation No. 92041171 (T.T.A.B., Nov. 18, 2005), In one of the few citable decisions of 2005, the TTAB granted the petition for cancellation under Section 2 (c) of the Trademark Act.

Trademarks: Best Practice for Selecting and Protecting Brands
@Law Magazine (Spring 2007)

Industry Standards
Private Label Magazine, co-authored, (January/February 2007)

IP and the Internet - A Growing Need to Police Online Content
CircleId.com (June 26, 2003)

New International Classes to Arrive in 2002
NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (November 2001)

Trademark Considerations in Selecting Your Brands
The Best Ideas in Business - Edition 113 (October 2001)

Helpful Hints for Registering Trademarks Composed of Domain Names
NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (June 2001)

International Trademark Registration Developments: The United States Moves to Adopt the Madrid Protocol
NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (May 2001)

Bush's Proposed 2002 Budget Slashes USPTO Funding
NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (April 2001)

Trademark Basics, presented with Chris Schulte as webcast for 2007 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, September 26, 2007.

Effective Trademark Search Strategies for Canada & the United States, presented at the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), Spring Meeting, 2007 in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

Clearance and Protection of Your Literary Works, presented at Hatchfest 2006 Film Festival in Bozeman, Montana, October 5, 2006.

Working with Trademark Examining Attorneys: Two Insiders Tell All. Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Faculty, September 2006.

Are We Speaking the Same Language? A Comparison of Canadian, U.S. and Community Trademark Law. INTA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2006.

Intellectual Property and the Arts, presented at Hatchfest 2005 Film Festival in Bozeman, Montana, October 7-8, 2005.

Moderated INTA Table Topic titled "Practicle Tips For Electronic Filing With The USPTO", May 18, 2005.

Moderated INTA Roundtable on the topic of "Counterfeiting and Grey Market Goods", January 18, 2005.

Trademark Clearance and the Madrid Protocol, September 9, 2003
(Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago).

Trademark Clearance - Current and Future Best Practices, September 2002.
(California Bar Association CLE).

Trademark Prosecution - The Examiner's Perspective, February 2002 (Wisconsin CLE).

Quoted

Star Tribune, March 18, 2007, quoted in "Wyoming is fixin' to fight over its pony" regarding copyright and trademark issues with sports teams.

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, September 8, 2006, quoted in "Merchant & Gould trademark lawyers excel at marketing" featuring the Merchant & Gould Trademark Group and their marketing techniques.

Upsize Magazine, April 2006, quoted in "Good Fences: Even Companies Without 'Special Sauce' Can Protect Their Brand" regarding methods for stopping online trademark infringements.

National Oil & Lube News, March 2006, quoted in "Chevron Moves to Protect Xpress Lube Name" regarding the importance of registering a trademark.

Inc. Magazine, November 2005, quoted in "Tough Questions, Smart Answers Ask Inc." on the topic of rights of competitor trademarks.

Andrew Ehard practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on trademark law. Andrew represents and counsels significant brand holders in the management of their global trademark portfolios and the selection, clearance and registration of new brands. Andrew also represents clients involved in domestic and foreign trademark oppositions and cancellation proceedings. Prior to joining Merchant & Gould, Andrew served as a member of the senior management team and Director of Intellectual Property Services with the trademark research and brand protection company, NameProtect Inc. and also previously practiced as a Trademark Examining Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.