Sherry Flax concentrates her practice on matters dealing with intellectual property law, with an emphasis on trademarks and copyrights. She assists clients in all aspects of securing and protecting their rights in commercially valuable property through U.S. and international trademarks and copyrights, domain names, trade secrets, and licensing. She regularly counsels clients on the use and protection of intellectual property on the Internet and related aspects of business law. She has extensive experience in working with both mature and emerging companies on developing and strengthening brands in a wide variety of industries.
Ms. Flax has more than 20 years of experience in complex civil litigation, including litigating patent, trademark and trade dress infringement, unfair competition, and domain name cases and disputes. She regularly advises clients on litigation strategy and protective measures. Her trademark litigation matters have included infringement cases in the federal courts as well as opposition, cancellation, and concurrent use administrative proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Ms. Flax regularly lectures at seminars and other forums on trademark and copyright law and has published several articles on these topics.
Honors and Awards
- Designated a "Maryland Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine and Baltimore magazine, 2007 to Present
Memberships and Affiliations
- Chair, Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) Intellectual Property Section
- Chair, Intellectual Property Organizing Subcommittee, MSBA
- Member, Business Law Section, MSBA
- Member, Federal Practice, MSBA
- Member, Intellectual Property Section, American Bar Association
- Member, International Trademark Association