News
OCTOBER 2019
2019 Texas Super Lawyers® List Honors Five Pirkey Barber Attorneys
October 8, 2019
We are honored to announce that Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Service, has selected attorneys Bill Barber, Wendy Larson, Steve Meleen, Lou Pirkey, and Shannon Vale for inclusion in the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers identifies outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a multiphase …
Pirkey Barber is Proud to Have Eleven Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2020 Edition
October 1, 2019
We are pleased to announce that 11 of our attorneys are listed in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This year’s honorees for Austin, Texas include: Bill Barber, Litigation – Intellectual Property and Trademark Law Rodney Caldwell, Litigation – Intellectual Property and Trademark Law Sherri Eastley, Trademark Law Christopher L. Graff, Trademark Law Chris Kindel, Trademark Law …
SEPTEMBER 2019
Pirkey Barber Attorneys Travis Wimberly and Giulio Yaquinto Selected by ABA to Prepare Amicus Brief for the U.S. Supreme Court
September 27, 2019
The American Bar Association selected Pirkey Barber attorneys Travis Wimberly and Giulio Yaquinto to prepare an amicus brief filed at the Supreme Court in support of the petitioner in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., No. 18-1233. At issue is whether Section 35(a) of the Lanham Act requires a finding of willful infringement as a prerequisite to awarding disgorgement of …
Our Austin Office Has Moved!
September 25, 2019
Pirkey Barber’s Austin office recently moved to its new home at 1801 East 6th Street, Suite 300, Austin, Texas, 78702. “We are excited about what’s happening in East Austin and felt like it would be the perfect fit for our growing firm. Working with Interior Architects allowed us to design an efficient space that better aligns with our culture and …
Travis Wimberly to Present at the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association’s (HIPLA) 35th Annual Fall Institute in Galveston, Texas on September 26
September 17, 2019
Pirkey Barber Member Travis Wimberly will be speaking at HIPLA’s 35th Annual Fall Institute on Intellectual Property Law conference on Thursday, September 26th at 3:15 pm CT. His presentation is titled “The Five (or More) Forums for Your Trademark Dispute, and How to Choose (Hint: Don’t Choose the ITC),” and will offer advice and strategy considerations for deciding whether to …
Dani Rojas to Present at the Trademark Administrators and Practitioners Meeting (TMAP) in Berlin, Germany on September 17
September 10, 2019
Pirkey Barber’s Foreign Legal Consultant, Daniela (Dani) Rojas is participating in a panel discussion with Joshua Mandell from Rouse and Iván Sempere from Padima, titled “Not Only Words…Options to Protect Nontraditional Trademarks.” Dani will provide an update on the protection of Nontraditional marks in Latin America and the U.S. The panel will be moderated by Ina-Mara Helbig from Unverzagt von …
AUGUST 2019
Anna Kuhn Recognized in Managing Intellectual Property’s Top 250 Women in IP
August 22, 2019
Pirkey Barber Member Anna Kuhn was once again honored in the 2019 edition of Managing Intellectual Property’s Top 250 Women in IP. This is the fourth consecutive year that Ms. Kuhn has been included in this prestigious global list, which recognizes female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year.
Seven Pirkey Barber Attorneys Named IP STARS by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
August 6, 2019
Pirkey Barber has been ranked as “Highly Recommended” in Texas by Managing Intellectual Property’s IP STARS publication every year since 2013. In the most recent rankings (2019), our firm was ranked “Tier 1” nationally among the top five firms in the Trademark Contentious category, and in “Tier 2” nationally as one of the top nine firms in the Trademark Prosecution …
JULY 2019
Rodney K. Caldwell Honored by the State Bar of Texas for 50 Years as a Lawyer
July 24, 2019
Rodney Caldwell, Senior Counsel, at Pirkey Barber was honored on Friday, June 14th for achieving the milestone of practicing law for 50 years. The State Bar of Texas recognized a total of 653 lawyers for their 50 years of membership from the class of 1969. “Rodney brings a wealth of knowledge to our firm, and we are grateful for his …
JUNE 2019
Pirkey Barber Associate Alex Bistline Named as a Trailblazer Among World IP Review’s WIPR Influential Women in IP 2019
June 5, 2019
Pirkey Barber is proud to announce that associate Alexandra H. Bistline has been recognized as a Trailblazer in the inaugural edition of World IP Review’s WIPR Influential Women in IP 2019. This new project by WIPR celebrates the IP industry’s leading female practitioners from around the world. Alex is one of 20 women selected internationally as Trailblazers with ten years …