Edward F. Perlman

Ed Perlman has over 30 years experience in patent and trademark matters with a primary focus on trademark and branding issues worldwide, including the selection, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation of trademarks and trade dress for companies of all sizes. He has particular expertise in the development of patent and trademark licensing strategies, including the negotiation and preparation of license and other proprietary agreements.

• Assisted numerous start-ups and corporations of all sizes in the selection, adoption and protection of brands, some of which are now famous, in the U.S. and in foreign countries.
• Added both legal and business value to a variety of patent and trademark license agreements.
• Handled numerous trademark inter parte disputes, both in the U.S. and in foreign countries. 

At the beginning of his legal career, Ed was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Boston Bar Association

• Founding Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Committee

Boston Patent Law Association

Intellectual Property Owners Association

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA)

• Legal Task Force

Ed has repeatedly been named one of Massachusetts’ “Super Lawyers” in the field of intellectual property law and has also been repeatedly named Best Lawyers in America.

Ed is a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and a former President and Managing Partner of the firm.

Northeastern University, B.S., Electrical Engineering

Suffolk University Law School, J.D.

Massachusetts

Florida

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Various federal courts

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