Christopher McElwain
Knowmad LawChris is experienced in a range of practice areas affecting business owners and creative professionals, including trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, plant variety protection, domain names, licensing and other contracts, sweepstakes and contest regulation, online speech and civil litigation. ? Prior to founding Knowmad Law, Chris was head of the trademark and transactional practice at LaRiviere, Grubman P.C. and head of the litigation practice at Saper Law Offices in Chicago. He attended law school at USC, where he was a member of the Southern California Law Review. Before entering the legal profession, he also taught English at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China and toured with the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
- Trademarks
- Trademark Registration
- Intellectual Property
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Formation
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Prosecution
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- California
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- Illinois
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- English: Spoken, Written
- principal attorney
- Knowmad Law
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- associate attorney
- LaRiviere, Grubman P.C.
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- associate attorney
- Saper Law Offices
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- University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- J.D. (2011)
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- Whitman College
- B.A. (2004)
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
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- Ladas Memorial Award
- International Trademark Association
- Nathan Burkan Award
- ASCAP
- State Bar of California # 289132
- Member
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- Intellectual Property in Fitness
- IDEA Fitness Journal
- Battle of the Brands: Avoiding Common Trademark Pitfalls, Craft Beverage Expo, Oakland, CA
- Craft Beverage Expo
- Registered Patent Attorney
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
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