GWENN E. ROOS
Gwenn Roos is a corporate attorney, specializing in counseling related to intellectual property rights. In addition to her role as part-time General Counsel to Globex Technologies, Inc., she also runs a private practice in which she represents her clients in their corporate legal matters as well as legal issues surrounding a broad range of intellectual property related matters, including trademark, trade dress, copyright, licensing and other issues related to the protection and use of intellectual property.
Ms. Roos attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she graduated Cum Laude with a dual major of HRTA and Education. She attended Boston College law school, passed the Massachusetts State Bar exam and then moved to Israel, where she passed the Israeli bar and practiced law for a short time before returning home to Massachusetts.
She has a solid understanding of and experience in the particular issues relevant to the proper selection, use, maintenance and protection of trademarks, both in the United States as well as in many countries around the world. To benefit her clients, she has developed strong working relationships with patent and trademark agents throughout the world. This enables her to provide excellent legal advice relating to intellectual property portfolio management in the United States and abroad.
Ms. Roos has over 15 years of experience in the areas of general corporate law and intellectual property. As a corporate associate with Peabody & Brown, she handled a variety of clients’ intellectual property and corporate issues, including developing licensing programs and assisting in various mergers and acquisitions. As Trademark Counsel for Duracell and Polaroid, she managed a global portfolio of famous and well-known trademarks. At Invensys, her global portfolio consisted of over 12,000 trademarks. As General Counsel for Basis Technology Corp., she handled a wide variety of legal issues, ranging from software licensing and development agreements to real estate to immigration.
Not only do her clients depend on her legal services in the areas of general corporate law and intellectual property, but they also tend to rely on her for business strategy and advice. Ms. Roos has a unique gift for finding resources which benefit her clients.
Ms. Roos’ practice includes: advice and counseling related to corporate and intellectual property matters including, trademark selection, clearance, prosecution, maintenance and litigation within the Patent and Trademark Office and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; Copyright registration and protection, Internet issues, including UDRP, software licensing, setting up corporate entities, partnership, distribution and purchase and sales agreements, general employment contracts, licensing, merger and acquisition issues (due diligence, etc), human resources and other general legal matters which arise.
Ms. Roos is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. She is a committee member of the International Trademark Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our Intellectual Property practice focuses on domestic and international trademark, copyright, computer, Internet, E-commerce, trade secret protection. We conduct searches, clearances and provide infringement opinions. We handle technology licensing, intellectual property agreements, due diligence assessments and Intellectual Property Portfolio management. We also handle entertainment & art law and related matters.
We assist corporations, small businesses and individual clients in selecting, securing, preserving, and protecting some of their most valuable assets: their intellectual property rights.
We consider ourselves a member of your team. We pride ourselves on providing high quality representation at reasonable rates. More importantly, our goal is to listen and hear you. We work hard to understand you and your business so that we can offer advice which is consistant with your business goals and objectives.
Our clients come to us for legal advice. But they remain with us because they view us as a major strategic partner. We provide more than legal advise. We act as a member of your team. We want you to succeed and grow and we work hard to help you and your business flourish.
Thank you for visiting. We look forward to being of assistance in all of your important intellectual property-and corporate-related legal matters.
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