Mr. Kirkpatrick has focused on trademark and unfair competition law since 1980. His practice covers the full range of trademark protection and practice, including counseling; licensing; due diligence and other opinions on trademark aspects of initial public offerings, asset purchases, secured transactions, taxation and intellectual property holding companies; trademark enforcement and defense; litigations before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and courts; trademark clearance and registration worldwide; and trademark portfolio management. He is the leader of Pillsbury's International Trademark Team.

Mr. Kirkpatrick is the author of the leading treatise: "Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law," published by Practicing Law Institute with semi-annual supplements. He has also published numerous articles on trademark topics, detailed below. Mr. Kirkpatrick was named by the Daily Journal Extra as one of California's "Top 30 IP Lawyers."

He is also a frequent lecturer at seminars, detailed below, of the Practising Law Institute (PLI), CEB, Intellectual Property Owners' Association (IPO), Thomson & Thomson (T&T), the International Trademark Association (INTA), Insight, San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA), Intellectual Property Law Sections of the California, Nevada and Utah State Bars, Bar Association of San Francisco, and others.

Education

J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 1980

B.A., Connecticut College, 1975
summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

The Johns Hopkins University

Admissions

State of California, District of Columbia

Presentations

Licensing Trademarks, PLI, 2007

Trademark Searches, CEB, 2006

New Dilution Law, PLI, October 2006

Navigating USPTO/TTAB, PLI, 2001-2007

Basic Trademark Law, PLI, July 1999-2006

Trademark Prosecution & Fraud, California IP, April 2006

Advanced Trademarks, PLI, June 2005

Trademark Searching, BASF, July 2003; Nevada IP, September 2003; Utah IP, October 2003

Priority & Third Party Marks, California IP, April 2003

Trade Dress and Patent Law, SFIPLA, April 2001

Trademark Law Developments, PLI, November 2000

Product Configuration Trade Dress, SFIPLA, March 2000

Trademark Licenses, Insight, March 2000

Trademark Dilution Developments, IPO, November 1999

Foreign Trademark Litigation, PLI, October 1999

Trademark Searches and Opinions, T & T, September 1999

Litigating Trademark Cases, PLI, December 1998

TTAB Best Practices, INTA, September 1997

Proving Likelihood of Confusion, PLI, June 1996