Merry L. Biggerstaff

Merry is a seasoned intellectual property attorney who provides strategic counsel to clients across a broad range of industries, including fashion, media, technology, consumer goods, software, entertainment, healthcare, aerospace, and defense. Creative and solutions-oriented in her approach, she counsels clients on all facets of their intellectual property, including the clearance, registration, and enforcement of their brands globally. Merry’s litigation experience is extensive, representing clients in federal and state courts as well as in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She has also worked on high-profile art and fine-art provenance cases, including a dispute over the ownership of the 34.65-carat Princie Diamond and a provenance dispute concerning Matisse paintings. Before entering the legal profession, Merry had a successful career as Chief Creative Director in Silicon Valley, where she developed brand systems and online business strategies for Fortune 100 companies and helped launch more than 40 startups—bringing a unique creative perspective to her legal practice. Prior to her current role, Merry was a Partner at a boutique intellectual property law firm in New York City. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Merry L. Biggerstaff included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyers® (Intellectual Property), 2015 - 2018 Recognition for assistance of Sudanese refugee (see Attorneys Help “Lost Boy” Displaced by Civil War in Sudan, K. Doan, 2009) Recognition for work with Family Violence Protection Fund, an organization that promotes awareness and assistance for battered immigrant women Other Sources of Feedback About Merry L. Biggerstaff Included on the 2018New York Metro Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list

• T&K Law LLP, Intellectual Property, Partner
• Intellectual Property Practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Associate

• New York, 2008

• Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association (Member)
• International Trademark Association (INTA) (Member)