Overview
With experience ranging from startups to global corporations in an array of industries, Brittany Kaplan protects and promotes clients’ brands worldwide. In supporting clients’ global portfolios of intellectual property, Brittany particularly focuses on trademark clearance, prosecution, protection, enforcement and portfolio management. With individualized strategic guidance, she helps clients navigate the lifecycle of trademarks from selection and clearance to filing and registration, and finally to maintenance and enforcement in a variety of industries.
Trademarks & Copyrights
Beyond domestic and international trademark prosecution, Brittany handles trademark disputes at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). She is equipped to advance clients’ interests through dispute management strategies including negotiating assignment, coexistence, consent, license and settlement agreements related to intellectual property.
Brittany counsels clients who face cybersquatting and online infringement issues including domain name disputes pursuant to the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, and website and social media takedowns involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Brittany also assists clients with copyright protection and enforcement.
Advertising & Media
Brittany assists clients with marketing and advertising matters related to consumer promotions including sweepstakes, contests and influencer campaigns.
IP Transactions
In addition, Brittany represents clients on IP matters related to business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions.
Prior Experience
After a decade in the magazine publishing industry, Brittany enrolled in law school to pursue her law-related passions and merge them with her media background to provide clients insightful counsel on trademarks, copyrights, advertising and marketing.
Personal Interests
In her free time, Brittany enjoys reading, crossword puzzles and yoga, and frequents Orangetheory Fitness.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
Illinois
Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law
J.D. Journal of Intellectual Property (managing editor) (2019)
Northwestern University
M.S. in Journalism (2007)
Michigan State University
B.A. in Journalism, with honor (2006)
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Firm Blog Contributions
- TCAM Today — uncomplicated, practical, day-to-day advice about how to build, protect or monetize a brand
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Assisted a beauty company with obtaining a federal trademark registration.
- Assisted a church with negotiating a podcast agreement and preparing license and assignment agreements.
- Assisted a comedy show with filing federal trademark applications and preparing various agreements.
Professional Associations
- The Richard Linn American Inn of Court — Associate, 2021-present
- The Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section — Executive Board / Project Officer, 2022-23; IP Committee, Co-chair, 2020-22; Creative Arts Committee, Legislative Liaison, 2019-20
- Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago — Copyright Committee, Co-chair, 2021-22
Honors
- The Milton H. Gray Award, issued by the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section for honoring outstanding project leadership, June 2023
- Dolores K. Hanna Trademark Prize issued by Chicago-Kent College of Law for outstanding performance in an intellectual property course, April 2018
- Best Team / First Place Overall, Best Oral Argument, and Second Place Best Brief Awards issued by the International Trademark Association for the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, March 2018
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.