News
DECEMBER 2018
U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Awards Pirkey Barber Tier 1 Rankings in Trademark Law, Copyright Law and IP Litigation in the Austin Metropolitan Area for the Fifth Consecutive Year
December 4, 2018
Pirkey Barber is proud to have been honored once again with the highest ranking for the Austin area in the 2019 Edition of US News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” by Woodward/White, Inc. The publication ranked the firm as “Tier 1” in the Austin area in three practice areas: Trademark Law, Copyright Law, and Litigation – Intellectual Property Law. …
NOVEMBER 2018
Pirkey Barber Adds Two New Attorneys, Dan Noonan and Giulio Yaquinto
November 16, 2018
Pirkey Barber PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Dan Noonan and Giulio Yaquinto have joined the firm. Mr. Noonan’s practice focuses on oversight and protection of trademarks, copyrights, and domain names. He counsels his clients regarding protection in joint ventures, acquisitions, sponsorship agreements, and related transactional issues. Mr. Noonan represents clients in registration matters before the U.S. Patent and …
OCTOBER 2018
Pirkey Barber Adds Two New Associates, Emily Poole and Caitlin Costello
October 22, 2018
Pirkey Barber PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Emily Poole and Caitlin Costello have joined the firm as Associates. Ms. Poole’s practice focuses on trademark, and copyright, and unfair competition law. She advises clients, from startups to large corporations, on domestic and international clearance and registration, portfolio management and protection, and trademark disputes, including before the USPTO. She joins …
SEPTEMBER 2018
Four Pirkey Barber Attorneys Included in the 2018 Texas Super Lawyers® List
September 24, 2018
Pirkey Barber PLLC is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters Service, has selected attorneys Bill Barber, Wendy Larson, Steve Meleen, and Lou Pirkey for inclusion in the 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list. In addition, Pirkey Barber is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers honored attorney Travis Wimberly for the second year in a row with inclusion in …
Eleven Pirkey Barber Attorneys Recognized in 2019 Best Lawyers® in America; Two Named “Lawyer of the Year” for Austin
September 10, 2018
Pirkey Barber PLLC proudly announces that eleven of our attorneys were recognized by their peers for legal excellence, and two of our attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective fields in Best Lawyers in America in 2019. Two Pirkey Barber attorneys were honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in Austin, Steve Meleen for his outstanding work in …
AUGUST 2018
Top 250 Women in IP by Managing Intellectual Property Honor Anna Kuhn
August 27, 2018
Pirkey Barber Senior Counsel Anna Kuhn was once again honored with inclusion in the 2018 edition of IP STARS Top 250 Women in IP. This is the third consecutive year that Ms. Kuhn has been included in this prestigious list. The annual list recognizes female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in …
Pirkey Barber Ranked Nationally by Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars Magazine
August 20, 2018
Managing Intellectual Property’s IP STARS publication ranked Pirkey Barber as “Highly Recommended” since 2014 in Texas. In 2018, our firm was ranked “Tier 1” nationally among the top five firms in the National Trademark Contentious category, and in “Tier 2” as one of the top eight firms in the National Trademark Prosecution category. In addition to our firm ranking, seven …
JUNE 2018
2018 Chambers & Partners Honors Pirkey Barber Attorneys
June 25, 2018
Pirkey Barber PLLC is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners recently named our firm’s co-founders Bill Barber and Lou Pirkey among the top Intellectual Property attorneys in the nation for Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets in the 2018 edition of its well-respected legal guide Chambers USA. Pirkey Barber also was named one of the top Intellectual Property law firms …
MAY 2018
Seven Pirkey Barber Attorneys Recognized in 2018 Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers
May 4, 2018
Pirkey Barber is pleased to announce that Lou Pirkey, Bill Barber, Shannon Vale, Chris Kindel, Tara Vold, Steve Meleen and Wendy Larson have been included in the 2018 Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers. Since 1996 the publication has identified the top legal practitioners in business law based on peer and client nominations along with rigorous independent …
MARCH 2018
Pirkey Barber Wins a Victory at Trial for its Client Anastasia Beverly Hills, Inc.
March 15, 2018
Pirkey Barber PLLC won a complete victory for its client, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Inc., in a trademark infringement trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Miami, FL). The dispute involved a makeup product formerly sold by Anastasia, called the Gleam Glow Kit. The kit contained four colors of face makeup, which Anastasia named Hard Candy, …