Mary Mazzello

Mary Mazzello is an intellectual property litigation partner in Kirkland’s New York office. Her practice focuses on trademark, copyright, trade secret, and music royalty matters. Mary has litigated cases across a wide range of venues, including trademark disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, music copyright matters before the Copyright Royalty Board, IP disputes in state and federal courts, and appellate issues before the United States Supreme Court. Mary also advises clients on pre-litigation issues, branding matters, new product launches, and IP acquisition and licensing issues. In addition, Mary has extensive experience with trademark clearance, registration, and maintenance for clients across a variety of industries, including sports, health, financial services, consulting, real estate, fashion, and technology. Mary frequently lectures on IP-related issues. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing veterans in claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs. Mary has been a firm mentor since 2014 and was the 2022 Summer Associate Program Committee Liaison for the New York Copyright, Trademark, Internet, and Advertising group. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Mary Mazzello is an intellectual property litigation partner in Kirkland & Ellis LLP's New York office. Her practice focuses on trademark, copyright, trade secret, and music royalty matters. She has litigated before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Copyright Royalty Board, state and federal courts, and the United States Supreme Court. She advises clients on pre-litigation issues, branding, new product launches, and IP acquisition and licensing. She has extensive experience in trademark clearance, registration, and maintenance for clients in sports, health, financial services, consulting, real estate, fashion, and technology. She lectures on IP issues, maintains an active pro bono practice representing veterans before the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been a firm mentor since 2014, and was the 2022 Summer Associate Program Committee Liaison for the New York Copyright, Trademark, Internet, and Advertising group.

Practice areas

Intellectual Property LitigationTrademarkCopyrightTrade SecretMusic RoyaltyPre-litigation CounselingBrandingProduct LaunchesIP Acquisition and LicensingTrademark ClearanceTrademark RegistrationTrademark MaintenancePro Bono

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Mary Mazzello is an intellectual property litigation partner in Kirkland’s New York office. Her practice focuses on trademark, copyright, trade secret, and music royalty matters. Mary has litigated cases across a wide range of venues, including trademark disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, music copyright matters before the Copyright Royalty Board, IP disputes in state and federal courts, and appellate issues before the United States Supreme Court. Mary also advises clients on pre-litigation issues, branding matters, new product launches, and IP acquisition and licensing issues. In addition, Mary has extensive experience with trademark clearance, registration, and maintenance for clients across a variety of industries, including sports, health, financial services, consulting, real estate, fashion, and technology. Mary frequently lectures on IP-related issues. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing veterans in claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs. Mary has been a firm mentor since 2014 and was the 2022 Summer Associate Program Committee Liaison for the New York Copyright, Trademark, Internet, and Advertising group.

United States

Expertise

Intellectual Property LitigationTrademark LawCopyright LawTrade Secret LawMusic Royalty LawPre-litigation CounselingBrandingIP Acquisition and LicensingTrademark ClearanceTrademark RegistrationTrademark MaintenancePro Bono (Veterans Claims)

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2011
Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., Economics with Honors, 2003