Band 3
Provided by Megan Bannigan
Megan K. Bannigan is a partner and member of the Litigation and Intellectual Property & Media Groups, focusing on trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, false advertising, design patents, rights of publicity, licensing and other contractual disputes. She represents clients across a range of industries, including consumer products, cosmetics, entertainment, fashion and luxury goods, financial services, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, professional sports and technology.
Ms. Bannigan has extensive trial experience, helping to secure an over $20 million jury verdict for client Learning Annex in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, among other matters. She also has experience representing clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the International Trade Commission.
Ms. Bannigan is also an adjunct professor, teaching Advanced Trademark and False Advertising Law at NYU School of Law and Fashion Law at Rutgers School of Law. She previously was a Clinical Visiting Lecturer at Law at Yale Law School, leading the team of students that helped secure the landmark decision in Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding v. Rell, where the Court declared that several features of Connecticut’s system of education, including the formula for distributing funding to school districts, were unconstitutional.
Provided by Chambers
Megan Bannigan has a growing practice litigating trademark, copyright, trade dress and false advertising disputes. She is particularly well regarded for her representation of clients in the cosmetics, fashion and luxury goods, technology and financial services sectors, among others.
Provided by Chambers
"Megan really puts in the effort to learn and understand her client and has a major focus on efficiency."
"Megan Bannigan has very impressive dedication, intelligence and ingenuity."
"Megan is able to wield her technical savvy of the intricacies of trademark law to achieve great success and is able to craft unique, outside-the-box legal arguments that completely catch the other side off guard."
"Megan has a refreshingly practical approach and provides me with exactly what I need to understand risks as well as my options."
"Megan really puts in the effort to learn and understand her client and has a major focus on efficiency."
"Megan Bannigan has very impressive dedication, intelligence and ingenuity."
"Megan is able to wield her technical savvy of the intricacies of trademark law to achieve great success and is able to craft unique, outside-the-box legal arguments that completely catch the other side off guard."
"Megan has a refreshingly practical approach and provides me with exactly what I need to understand risks as well as my options."
