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World Trademark Review Ranks MoFo’s Trademark Group for 2025

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Morrison Foerster’s Trademark Group has been recognized in the 2025 edition of World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 guide. MoFo was...

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Morrison Foerster’s Trademark Group has been recognized in the 2025 edition of World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 guide. MoFo was included in the California rankings in both the Enforcement and Litigation category and the Prosecution and Strategy category. In addition, Morrison Foerster’s lawyers received five individual recognitions in this year’s edition.WTR 1000 described our team as a smart choice for companies looking to enforce and maintain vital trademark assets. Clients celebrated MoFo as “an exceedingly competent law firm with incredible depth in their IP practice.”MoFo lawyers achieved individual recognition in the following categories:<ul><li>Joyce Liou, Partner, San Francisco – Prosecution and Strategy; Enforcement and Litigation</li><li>Joseph Gratz, Partner, San Francisco – Enforcement and Litigation</li><li>Steven James, Partner, London – United Kingdom Trademark Practice</li><li>Muzamil Huq, Of Counsel, San Francisco – Prosecution and Strategy</li></ul>MoFo’s Trademark Group is an all-inclusive practice involving both litigation and transactional work that is uniquely positioned to protect client brands around the globe.To view the complete guide of Morrison Foerster’s rankings in the new edition of WTR 1000, please visit the publication’s <a href="https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/rankings/wtr-1000/profile/firm/morrison-foerster-llp#wtr-research" target="_blank">website</a>.

World Trademark Review Ranks MoFo’s Trademark Group for 2025

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Joyce Liou chairs the Trademark Group and is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. She engages in a broad intellectual property practice, with an emphasis on both IP counseling and litigation for a diverse roster of clients. Joyce has litigated numerous district court disputes involving trademark, copyright, false advertising, right of publicity, and unfair competition claims, and has secured preliminary injunctions, summary judgment rulings, and trial verdicts for her clients. In addition to federal litigation, she routinely handles proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and has extensive experience with trademark clearance, prosecution, licensing, and due diligence. Joyce manages IP portfolios and provides global strategies for industry giants and startups alike, from a broad spectrum of fields, including technology, consumer goods, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, food, and agriculture.Joyce’s successes have built her reputation as a recognized leader in trademark law. In 2022 and 2023, she was shortlisted for Trademark Lawyer of the Year by Euromoney Legal Media. Joyce serves on the Legislation and Regulation Committee for the International Trademark Association. Outside of her practice, Joyce is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the greater community. She serves on the Development Committee for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and participates in clinics to help individuals seeking U.S. naturalization or asylum on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.Joyce received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2010. While attending law school, she externed for the Honorable William H. Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She received her B.A. in economics and political science with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007.

Joyce Liou

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Clients turn to Joe Gratz to handle trailblazing litigation where copyright and trademark law meet new technologies. An experienced litigator, Joe draws on his strong technical background to distill complex issues into simple, accurate concepts for judges, juries, and clients. Joe’s cases have set key precedents in Internet law, from the Google Books case that laid the groundwork for today’s generative AI innovations to key cases establishing the boundaries of intermediary liability. In addition to representing their interests in the courtroom, Joe helps his clients navigate their thorniest product counseling puzzles to reduce the risk of litigation.His appellate victory in Long v. Facebook set the standard for platforms in carrying out DMCA removals of user-generated content. And Joe’s win in Stevens v. CoreLogic established limitations on DMCA 1202 claims that have since been adopted by numerous other courts. His amicus brief on behalf of independent booksellers was cited by the Supreme Court in its opinion in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, and he has submitted amicus briefs in other copyright cases on behalf of Center for Democracy & Technology (in Oracle v. Google) and on behalf of art law professors (in Warhol v. Goldsmith).A recognized commentator on copyright and internet law, Joe was selected as an advisor for the American Law Institute’s project to develop a Restatement of Copyright, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He frequently speaks on emerging issues in Internet law and was called upon by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020 to testify about the interaction between the DMCA 512 safe harbor and fair use. Joe was the 2022 recipient of the California Lawyers Association’s IP Vanguard award, presented to one private practitioner each year for achievements at the forefront of emerging issues in intellectual property law.

Joseph Gratz

Muzamil Huq represents clients in the protection and enforcement of U.S. and non-U.S. trademark matters and other IP transactions. He has significant experience counseling clients in the technology, healthcare, consumer products, entertainment, and fashion industries in connection with the clearance and registration of trademarks, management of trademark portfolios of all sizes, enforcement of valuable trademark rights, and defense of trademarks and branding.Muzamil negotiates and drafts trademark and copyright license agreements and other general commercial contracts, and advises on intellectual property aspects of corporate transactions, including due diligence. He also provides advice to clients regarding competitor false advertising issues. Muzamil counsels clients in the fields of software and technology, healthcare, consumer products, advertising, entertainment, fashion, apparel and related accessories.Muzamil is a member of INTA’s Academic Committee. The Academic Committee aids law students and professors by developing benefits, services, and programs, including content creation, speaker identification, and educational event programming for the academic community.Muzamil earned his B.A. in media studies and studio art from Pomona College and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a member of The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts.Muzamil is admitted to practice in California and New York.<h4>Representative Experience</h4>Muzamil is trademark counsel to a number of companies representing a wide range of industries. A selection of representative clients include:<ul><li>CareDx, a leading precision medicine solutions company focused on high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers, relies on Muzamil to manage its international trademark portfolio, as well as enforcement efforts at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and analogous foreign proceedings.</li><li>Splunk, a leader in data software, looks to Muzamil to oversee its worldwide trademark portfolio for its SPLUNK house mark and other trademarks.</li><li>Ignite, which provides an innovative platform for blockchain developers, called on Muzamil for trademark clearance and filing strategy as part of the company’s rebranding. He continues to handle the company’s international trademark portfolio and advise on adverse trademark matters.</li><li>Some of Muzamil’s additional representative clients include Cruise Automation, Origin Materials, Evo Payments International, Open Society Foundations, Sight Sciences, Health[At]Scale, Common Sense Media, and Starlight Foundation.</li></ul>

Muzamil Huq

Of Counsel

Trademark

United Kingdom