Joel Feldman

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property & Technology

Entertainment & Media

Trademark & Brand Management

Sports Law

Restaurant Industry

Career

Joel Feldman, Co-Chair of the firm’s Trademark & Brand Management Group, creates bespoke global domestic and international brand management strategies, crafts licensing and transactional frameworks for the commercialization of trademarks and copyrights, and resolves trademark, copyright, domain-name, and publicity rights controversies.

Preparing and negotiating license, coexistence, and purchase agreements

Defending and prosecuting trademark oppositions and cancellations

Appealing adverse trademark registration decisions and responding to Trademark Office registrations refusals

Evaluating the strength, availability, and enforceability of new brand names

Evaluating and resolving potential brand threats and litigation options

Developing brand standards, style guides, and philosophies for internal and external use

Recovering domain names from cybersquatters and infringers

Enforcing intellectual property rights on social media and user-generated content sites

Preparing and presenting intellectual property seminars for in-house business and legal meetings

Developing effective and affordable domestic trademark and copyright registration portfolios

Expanding trademark protection abroad through the Madrid Protocol and national applications

Terminating copyright transfers under Copyright Act Sections 203 and 304

Preparing and negotiating book publishing and literary agent agreements

Professional Memberships

Member, International Trademark Association; Brands for a Better Society Committee, 2020-2021; Impact Studies Committee, 2016-2019

Vice Chair, Jacobson Leadership Institute, 2015, 2016

Member, LEAD Atlanta, Class of 2014

Board Member, Atlanta American Jewish Committee, 2012-Present; Member, Executive Committee, 2012-2014, 2015-Present

Co-Chair and President, ACCESS Atlanta, 2012-2014; Vice-Chair/Vice President, ACCESS Atlanta, 2009-2012

Participant, Jacobson Leadership Institute, 2013

Board Member and Legal Advisor, Classroom Champions

Previous Board Member and Legal Advisor, National Football League Alumni Association, Atlanta Chapter

Member, American MENSA

Member, State Bar of Georgia

Member, The Florida Bar

Alumnus, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Intellectual Property, 2022

"Up and Coming," 2021

Personal

J.D., magna cum laude, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2004.

B.A., summa cum laude, University of Florida, 2001.