Jennifer Lantz
Partner
-
-
Phone: +1 650 847 4147
- Duane Morris LLP
260 Homer Avenue, Suite 202
Palo Alto, CA 94301-2777
USA - Duane Morris LLP
Spear Tower
One Market Plaza, Suite 2200
San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
USA
Jennifer M. Lantz has more than 20 years of experience helping clients at all stages protect their brands and other intellectual property. Ms. Lantz focuses on helping companies develop brands through enforcement policies, clearing marks for use, registering marks in the United States and abroad, commercializing marks through licenses and merchandising agreements, assessing infringement risks, enforcing trademark rights and defending against allegations of infringement. She represents clients of all sizes—from new startups to multinationals—and across all industries, including those in the artificial intelligence space.
In addition to her prosecution and counseling practice, Ms. Lantz has an active trademark litigation practice in federal courts around the country. She has obtained preliminary injunctions on behalf of a number of trademark clients and has also successfully defended against preliminary injunctions. Ms. Lantz has litigated other significant and complex intellectual property and business disputes for clients, including patents, trade secrets, right of publicity, copyrights, licensing, contract disputes and numerous section 337 matters in the International Trade Commission. Ms. Lantz handles opposition and cancellation proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and regularly counsels clients regarding domain name issues and trademark issues in social media. She has also spearheaded enforcement campaigns in the United States and overseas for clients in industries where counterfeiting and knockoffs are prevalent.
Ms. Lantz is a 1994 cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and a cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan.
Areas of Practice
Intellectual Property Law
Trademark and Copyright
Admissions
- California
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Georgia
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1994
- University of Michigan, B.A., cum laude, 1991
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2020-present - Haynes and Boone LLP
- Partner, 2016-2020; 2009-2012 - Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Partner, 2012-2016 - MacPherson Kwok Chen & Heid
- Partner, 2003-2009
Professional Activities
- International Trademark Association
- Famous and Well Known Marks Committee
- Emerging Issues Committee, 2019-present ChIPs
California Women Lawyers
Honors and Awards
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2023 and 2024
- Listed in the 2021-2024 editions of the World Trademark Review 1000 list of the World's Leading Trademark Professionals as one of the top trademark lawyers in Prosecution and Strategy
- California Lawyers Association
- Recipient of Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Services Certificate, 2020 - Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
- Certificate of Recognition for Pro Bono Services, 2019
Selected Publications
- Author, "California Requires Digital Storefronts to Provide Terms of Licenses on Digital Goods," Duane Morris Alert, October 30, 2024
- Co-author, "Recent USPTO Decisions Shift Understanding of Related Goods and Services in the United States," World Trademark Review, June 14, 2024
- Co-author, "The Trademark Modernization Act One Year On: New Tools and Takeaways," World Trademark Review, June 30, 2023
- Co-author, "Famous Faces in the Metaverse, What Brands Need to Consider," The Fashion Law, March 24, 2022
- Co-author, "The Medium Is Not the Message - a Brief Survey of Image Rights in the Metaverse," Multilaw, March 2022
- Co-author, "Trademark Modernization Act Provides Trademark Owners Easier Access to Injunctions Against Infringers," Duane Morris Alert, January 11, 2021
- Co-author, "Where There's No Will There's a Pay – SCOTUS Rejects Willfulness Requirement for Profit Disgorgement," Duane Morris Alert, April 24, 2020
Media Hits
- Quoted, "Former CNN Anchor May Have Difficulty Proving Claims Against X Corp.," Daily Journal, August 2, 2024
- Quoted, "Trademark Surge Lessens, but Backlog Leaves Long Waits for Now," Bloomberg Law, November 8, 2021
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Host, "Trademarks & the Five Senses: Prosecution and Enforcement of Non-Traditional Trademarks," International Trademark Association Roundtable, June 20, 2024
- Host, "Annual Case Law Review," International Trademark Association North America Roundtable, February 1, 2024
- Speaker, "Get Smart with AI: Best Practices for Using AI in Business," Duane Morris Webinar, October 17, 2023