Farah Bhatti's Email & Phone

Farah Bhatti is a Shareholder and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group. Ms. Bhatti assists clients with all stages of securing trademark protection with an emphasis on the selection and enforcement of trademarks domestically and internationally. In addition, she works closely with clients in formulating worldwide trademark protection and registration strategies. Ms. Bhatti has extensive experience in managing large U.S. and international trademark portfolios, and has been involved in TTAB proceedings (oppositions, cancellations, ex parte appeals), litigation and litigation support for cases involving trademarks and copyrights, and matters involving the protection, registration and enforcement of copyrights. She has successfully represented clients in UDRP complaints and other adverse proceedings involving trademarks and copyrights and has represented numerous clients in matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Ms. Bhatti has worked as a trademark examining attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) where she examined more than 2000 trademark applications and represented the Trademark Office before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She frequently speaks on the topic of trademark protection at seminars, including those geared towards the fashion industry. Ms. Bhatti currently serves on the USPTO Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association's (INTA) Trademark Office Practices Committee and previously served on the Middle East, Africa & South Asia Subcommittee of the INTA's Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement Committee. Ms. Bhatti earned her J.D. at St. John's University School of Law, her LLM at the University of Houston Law Center, and her B.A. at the State University of New York-Albany. She is fluent in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.