I am a Partner and Lead Trademark Prosecution attorney in the Virginia-based general practice firm of Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC. I have been representing a diverse group of businesses in a variety of industries and commercial sectors since 1995 while working in several intellectual property boutique law firms; consulting with the in-house trademark group of an international hospitality company; and examining trademark applications as an Attorney Advisor in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. My intellectual property practice also covers internet domain name IP issues; anti-counterfeiting matters; copyright prosecution; IP licensing and transactional matters; and IP research and due diligence investigations. I particularly enjoy working with new start-up companies and seeing them develop.

As an Attorney Advisor in Law Office 106 of the USPTO trademark examining operations for three years, Alex examined thousands of trademark applications in the fields of cosmetics, toiletries and cleaning preparations, publications and office supplies, toys and sporting goods, and service mark applications for all types of services, and defended registration refusals before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Professionally, Alex has been an active member of the International Trademark Association, participating in four of its committees for the past six consecutive committee terms (twelve years) as well as on the trademark committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

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