Alex Butterman is an attorney specializing in trademark and copyright law with the Washington, D.C. intellectual property boutique firm of Staas & Halsey LLP.  Alex has been representing a diverse group of businesses in a variety of industries and commercial sectors since 1995 while working in several IP boutique law firms and as an Attorney Advisor (“Trademark Examining Attorney”) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Alex’s IP practice covers foreign and domestic trademark clearance, registration, disputes and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings; internet domain name IP issues; anti-counterfeiting matters; copyright prosecution; intellectual property licensing and transactional matters; and intellectual property research and due diligence investigations. In addition, Alex is entering his fifth term as a committee member for INTA and is a Trademark Law Committee member for the AIPLA.

Ed Timberlake is a former Trademark Examining Attorney at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and former Copyright Examiner at the U.S. Copyright Office. He now has his own practice, Timberlake Law. Ed’s practice focuses entirely on trademarks and copyrights, primarily providing advice, preparing and filing applications, and maintaining registrations. Ed is a board certified trademark law specialist, and a member of INTA’s Nontraditional Marks Committee.