About the Contributors

• Author: Lanning G. Bryer/Scott J. Lebson/Matthew D. Asbell
• Profession: Partner in the New York office of Ladas & Parry LLP and is Director of the firm's Mergers, Acquisitions, and Licensing Group/Partner in the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Licensing Group of Ladas & Parry LLP/Associate in the New York office of Ladas & Parry LLP, primarily practicing in the area of domestic and international trademark law
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About the Contributors

Joshua Braunstein serves as general manager at Corsearch, a leading global

provider of trademark search and life cycle solutions with offices throughout the

United States and Europe. Since1996, he has served as director of content,

senior manager of research operations, and began his career with Corsearch as a

trademark search analyst. Joshua Braunstein can be reached at (917) 408-5128,

Joshua.braunstein@wolterskluwer.com, orwww.ctcorsearch.com.

Robert Doerfler is intellectual property counsel at SVP Worldwide, where he

oversees the worldwide prosecution and enforcement of the company’s intellectual

property rights. Prior to moving in-house, Robert was trademark attorney at the

New York office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and worked in litigation at Adams &

Adams in Pretoria, South Africa.

James J. Donohue is a vice president in the New York office of Charles River

Associates, Inc. He is a certified public accountant and has a bachelor of science

degree in accountancy from Villanova University. Mr. Donohue is also a certified

valuation analyst and is accredited in business valuation by the American Institute of

Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Donohue has been responsible for consulting

assignments in a wide range of areas, including intellectual property, damages, valu-

ation, forensic accounting, securities, analyses of professional negligence, and bank-

ruptcy. Mr. Donohue has provided a variety of due diligence services for intellectual

property–based licensing and acquisition transactions, including valuations, fairness

opinions, and strategic consulting for tax and financial reporting, and bankruptcy

proceedings. His experience in intellectual property litigation matters has included

assessing the appropriate economic measure of damages in intellectual property

disputes. James Donohue can be reached at (212) 520-7116, jdonohue@crai.com, or

www .crai.c om.

Joseph M. Forgione is the director of trademark enforcement at the Gioconda

Law Group PLLC, a New York–based brand protection law firm focused on intellec-

tual property litigation, investigations, and strategy. He previously worked in the

corporate legal department at Chanel, Inc., where he participated in brick-and-

mortar and online intellectual property enforcement. He holds both a master of

laws (LLM) in intellectual property law and a law degree (JD) from Benjamin N.

Cardozo School of Law. Joseph M. Forgione can be reached at (212) 786-7550,

www.GiocondaLaw.com, or Joseph.Forgione@GiocondaLaw.com.

Joseph C. Gioconda is an attorney and founder of the Gioconda Law Group

PLLC, a New York–based brand protection law firm focused on intellectual property

litigation, investigations, and strategy. He spent nearly a decade as a partner and

associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and was most recently an equity partner at DLA

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