For over 140 years, Pattishall McAuliffe has represented some of the most well-known companies in the world.  Throughout its history, Pattishall has focused its practice on litigation, counseling, prosecution, and transactions in trademark, copyright, advertising and unfair competition law.  Though our firm operates from just one office—our Chicago office—our clients come to us from all over the country and the world.

Our attorneys are also scholars, legislative advisors, teachers, writers, speakers and bar leaders, staying on top of the challenges of new technologies, cases and legislation in our field. As a result, we bring unique, up-to-date expertise to each matter, understanding and dealing with even the newest issues quickly, thoroughly, and effectively.

What makes Pattishall unique?  Pattishall has one of the nation’s largest group of attorneys and paralegals working exclusively in trademarks and related non-patent fields.  This focus translates into more efficient representation than that offered by other firms because even our most junior attorneys routinely see rare and complicated trademark prosecution issues that many other firms’ attorneys only see after many years of practice, and then, only on rare occasions.  Even when an issue arises that is not as familiar, we have multiple attorneys with 30+ years’ experience and paralegals with 20+ years’ experience in trademark practice to consult.  Finally, since all of our attorneys handle not only prosecution but also litigation within the trademark field, when they are advising on prosecution matters, they also know how a decision will impact future enforcement and defense of a mark.  In short, if a client faces an issue in the prosecution or enforcement of one of its marks, it can count on our attorneys to have seen the issue before and to be able to quickly and efficiently advise the client on it.