Ed Timberlake

Ed is a senior member of the firm’s Trademark and Copyright Teams.

Ed’s extensive experience includes examining applications for registration of trademarks as a Trademark Examining Attorney at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, as well as examining claims to copyright as a Copyright Examiner (Registration Specialist) at the U.S. Copyright Office. Ed is one of fewer than 30 Board Certified Specialists in Trademark Law in the country.

In addition, Ed is a member of the faculty at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law where he has taught such courses as Trademarks, Trademark Prosecution, International Trademark Registration, and Fundamentals of Intellectual Property. Ed also served as the Interim Director of the Intellectual Property and Transactions Clinic at UNH Franklin Pierce (which is part of the USPTO-Certified Trademark Clinic Program), and created a course on Trademark Searching which he continues to teach.

Education:

Wake Forest School of Law, J.D.
UNC-Chapel Hill, B.A., Speech Communication

Bar Admissions:

North Carolina
Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law

Professional Organizations

International Trademark Association (INTA)
North Carolina Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
North Carolina Bar, Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law

Professional Activities

Member, INTA Academic Committee
Co-Chair of INTA Trademark Symposium Subcommittee
Member, NC Bar Trademark Specialization Committee

Publications