Christopher Graff

Practice Areas

Chris Graff is an internationally recognized intellectual property lawyer, whose practice focuses on brand management and protection, trademarks, domain names, social media, and copyrights. For more than two decades, Chris has helped protect some of the world’s leading brands in multiple jurisdictions around the world. He has been repeatedly recognized for his work counseling clients on brand expansion, international protection, and worldwide enforcement strategies. As one international publication noted, “Chris Graff garners worldwide notice for his exemplary protection programmes,” and that “He and his team’s understanding of foreign jurisdictions is a genuinely rare quality and speaks volumes about their expertise, experience and high standards.”

Chris has broad experience helping clients in all areas of trademark law, from clearance and prosecution, to policing and enforcement. He also provides strategic management of global trademark portfolios for several companies in a variety of industries, including retail services, food and beverage, consumer products, finance, technology, and medical devices. Chris has also represented clients in hundreds of contested matters in the US and internationally. “That he acts for some of the highest-profile brand owners tells you all you need to know. He simply has an immense depth of experience.” WTR 1000 (2015)

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Owners Association

U.S. Trademark Office Practice Committee, Secretary (2016-2017)

International Trademark Association

State Bar of Texas

Litigation and Intellectual Property Law Sections

Austin Bar Association

Publications

"Nominative Use and Fair Use of Trademarks on the Internet,” State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Law Section CLE (Houston, 2003)

"Insurance Coverage of Trademark Infringement Claims: The Contradiction Among the Courts, and the Ramifications for Trademark Attorneys," The Trademark Reporter, Vol. 89, No. 6 (November-December 1999)

"Trademark Law and Gray Market Goods: An Overview," 11th Annual Advanced International Law Institute (UT Law CLE, 1999)

Education