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Thomas P. "Tom" Arden

Partner
Chicago
t: 312-715-5713

Thomas P. Arden concentrates on federal court litigation in the areas of unfair competition, trademark, copyright, advertising, and related areas; licensing and transfers of copyright and trademark interests; litigation before the United States Trademark Trial & Appeal Board; Internet domain name disputes throughout the world; and foreign copyright and trademark matters. Mr. Arden has represented clients on intellectual property matters in the publishing, computer, automotive, Internet services, personal care, food, restaurant, insurance, clothing, vitamin, pharmaceutical, musical instruments, telecommunications, chemical, entertainment and toy industries.

Mr. Arden's litigation experience includes appeals before the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and a successful petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court vacating an appellate court decision in a copyright case. Mr. Arden also has substantial experience in prosecuting and defending applications to register such diverse trademarks as cow-spotted packaging for computers and the exhaust sound of a motorcycle.

Mr. Arden served as a panelist for E-Resolution, a former domain name dispute provider.

Professional Honors & Awards

  • Yale Law Journal, Board of Editors
  • Nathan Burkan Award, Yale University Law School

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. Appeals Courts, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Appeals Courts, Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Appeals Courts, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois

Speaking Engagements

  • Responding to Office Actions: Section 2(e), Section 2(f), Trademark Administrators Forum, October 2001
  • Cutting Edge Trademark Issues, International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting, May 2000
  • Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Annual Meeting, March 2000
  • Developments in the Area of Nontraditional Trademarks, New York Intellectual Property Law Association, March 1998
  • Litigation in the TTAB, Advanced Forum on Best Practices Before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, October 1997
  • Trademarks in the Online Context, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Online Law Seminar, 1997
  • Promotion of Product Characteristics as Brands, AT&T Brand Names Managers Conference, 1995

Published Articles & Books

  • "Protection of Nontraditional Marks: Trademark Rights in Sounds, Scents, Colors, Motions, and Product Designs in the U.S.," Published by the International Trademark Association, 2001
  • "The Questionable Utility of Copyright Notice: Statutory and Nonlegal Incentives in the Post-Berne Era," Intellectual Property Law Review (Clark, Boardman, Callaghan), 1994
  • "European Commission Proposes Directive on Protection of Computer Databases," Entertainment Law Review, 1992
  • "The Conflicting Treatments of Compilations of Facts Under the United States and British Copyright Laws," AIPLA Quarterly Journal, 1992