James R. Hastings

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Jamie Hastings served as in-house counsel for a leading U.S. multichannel retailer, where he gained valuable insight into the business considerations that drive effective legal strategy.

Jamie is a certified Legal Lean Sigma® practitioner and uses the lean six sigma method for trademark and brand protection management. Lean management principles have been successfully adopted by leading companies throughout the world. The Lean Method is a client-focused approach that emphasizes delivering value through efficiencies and reducing waste in portfolio and risk management processes.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Jamie has worked with a wide variety of consumer, health, non-profit, and technology brand clients over the years in the protection and enforcement of their trademark and intellectual property portfolios.

Representative matters include:

• Representation of mid-west regional health system against national health insurance company in trademark infringement action in U.S. District Court
• Counsel for Canadian carpool HOV-lane technology solutions company regarding IP portfolio protection
• Representation of publicly traded gene therapy company in opposition proceedings before the TTAB
• Counsel to ecommerce companies on trademark and direct marketing law compliance and protection
• Represented nationwide road-rally race in trademark opposition proceeding against well-known energy drink company
• Counsel to fantasy sport gaming service in action against major collegiate sport association before the TTAB
• Counsel to Native American tribe in intra-tribal trademark conflicts before TTAB
• Represented international watch manufacturer in successful defense of action brought under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)