Alan Blum

 

New York Office
Tel: 212-849-7000
Fax: 212-849-7100
alanblum@quinnemanuel.com
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property Litigation

Education

 

Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1981)

 

Brooklyn College, City University of New York (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 1978)





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Biography

 

Alan Blum specializes in the procurement and enforcement of intellectual property rights for diverse clients throughout the world.  He also conducts and supervises foreign attorneys in IP litigation commenced in foreign courts and administrative agencies and has represented numerous clients in administrative judicial actions before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  His practice also focuses in trademark adoption, registration and protection for various transnational corporations.  He has significant experience in trademark and copyright licensing and other intellectual property-related transactions.


Mr. Blum was formerly an Assistant General Counsel to the Fortune 500 corporation United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc.  He is an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and is currently Co-Chair of the INTA's Leadership Meeting 2008 Project Team.  He has also lectured on various trademark related topics.


Mr. Blum was recently chosen by the Legal 500 United States for inclusion in the 2007 Intellectual Property Edition for his work in trademark litigation.  He was named in Who's Who Legal USA - Trademarks 2006 and ranked number 4 among the top United States trademark attorneys in 2003 by NameProtect Trademark Insider.  Based on confidential peer reviews by practicing attorneys unaffiliated with Quinn Emanuel, Martindale-Hubbell has assigned him its highest AV rating for both ethics and legal abilities in the practice area.




Representative Clients

 

American International Group, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Lifestyle Family Fitness
Major League Soccer
MPH Entertainment
NFL Properties LLC
PR Newswire
Societe Anonyme des Bains de Mer et Du Cercle des Etrangers
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Wal-Mart Stores Inc

US Soccer Foundation