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An Innocent Abroad: A Successful Recovery of Trademark Rights in China

May 24, 2018  | John M. Carson and Tom Cowan

Attorneys John M. Carson and and Tom Cowan co-authored “An Innocent Abroad: A Successful Recovery of Trademark Rights in China” which was published in the International Bar Association (IBA) Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law Committee Newseltter.

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Tom Cowan

Tom is Chair of our Mechanical Engineering Practice Group and has practiced intellectual property law for more than a decade. As a former aerospace engineer at NASA and Northrop Grumman,...

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