Christina Licursi focuses her practice on global portfolio management. Her experience encompasses both trademark prosecution and litigation, including representing clients in federal courts across the country and before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
Within her counseling practice, Christina advises clients and international associates on branding strategies and understanding the business and legal risks associated with the adoption, use, and registration of trademarks. She has extensive experience managing complex international disputes and negotiating settlement agreements. In addition to handling trademark disputes before the TTAB, Christina manages global policing and enforcement efforts, including coordinating targeted cease and desist campaigns and coordinating global enforcement efforts through Customs.
With a background spanning the business, legal, and scientific fields, Christina has a strong business acumen and demonstrated ability to work closely with all levels of business. Her clients cover a variety of industries, including biotechnology, retail, food and beverage, clothing, medical equipment, and software and telecommunications.
In addition to trademark matters, Christina also handles various copyright issues, domain name portfolio management and related disputes, and social media and internet matters.
Christina is based in Boston, but also supports clients from the firm's New York office. She is passionate about the start-up community in the Boston area, and is a core member of the MIT Enterprise Forum.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Christina worked in business development and in a rotational management training role, where she garnered experience as a project manager, finance manager, operations supervisor, and customer relationship manager. While completing her Masters at Tufts University, Christina worked as a research assistant at Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, where she looked at trends in post-marketing commitments and their impact on drug development.
Client testimonial:
"Christina understands where the risks lie and what can be done to mitigate them, making her an essential adviser to business leaders."
Client testimonial:
"Christina is in the highest tier of trademark lawyers in the region. She is a deeply strategic thinker who communicates very effectively not just with in-house counsel but also with companies’ business leaders."
Client testimonial:
“Christina’s effective, solution-oriented approach has been a tremendous contribution to our organization. Her consistency, professionalism, and agility have been true assets for us as our organization’s needs have grown and changed over time.”