PHILADELPHIA, July 20, 2023―Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Intellectual Property Practice Group partners Nicole McLaughlin and David Wolfsohn were listed in World Trademark Review Global Leaders 2023.

Now in its fifth year of publication, WTR Global Leaders draws on its market-leading research projects—WTR 1000 and WTR 300—to identify the “best of the best in trademark practice” allowing "the wider community to benefit from their insight, experience, and perspectives."

To qualify for inclusion, individuals must be ranked in the gold tier of the WTR 1000. All those listed as WTR Global Leaders merit special attention owing not only to their expertise and experience in relation to creating, protecting, managing and enforcing essential brand rights, but also to their ability to innovate, inspire and go above and beyond to deliver for their clients.

Nicole K. McLaughlin is chair of the Trademark, Copyright, Entertainment and Advertising Division of the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group McLaughlin has over 20 years of experience in all facets of domestic and international trademark protection and enforcement, procurement and portfolio management, including clearance searches and opinions, online infringement, domain name and cybersquatting issues, IP licensing, product packaging and trade dress protection and overall global strategic branding. McLaughlin also has extensive experience in litigation matters before U.S. federal courts and the TTAB and has successfully defended clients in numerous trademark, unfair competition and trade dress cases. She is known for giving practical advice and working with clients’ legal, marketing and business teams to ensure that marketing strategies and business sensitivities are integrated into her legal analysis and advice.

David J. Wolfsohn is a nationally renowned intellectual property trial lawyer. A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he has been described in Chambers USA as a "phenomenal litigator" with a "wonderful combination of technical knowledge and ability to connect with a jury and clients” as well as someone who is "detail oriented, very smart and aggressive in the courtroom, and it works." In 2020, Wolfsohn was named Philadelphia Lawyer of the Year in trademark litigation by Best Lawyers in America, and in 2012 he received that award for copyright litigation. Among the jury verdicts he has obtained is a defense verdict for the H.J. Heinz Co. in a jury trial over the idea for the “dip and squeeze” and the largest indirect-profits copyright award in The Graham Company v. USI MidAtlantic.