Bradley L. Cohn
''Managing partner Bradley Cohn is the recipient of effusive praise. He continues to do great things and is identified by clients for bet-the-company cases. He is a sterling litigator, but also a first port of call for prosecution matters.''
2018 World Trademark Review 1000
''Bradley...[knows] how best to present a case to a trial judge; he combines this with a gift for distilling an argument down to a compelling narrative.''
2016 World Trademark Review 1000
Bradley Cohn concentrates his practice in the field of trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, false advertising, right of publicity, and advertising and marketing law. Before entering private practice, Bradley served as Law Clerk to The Honorable Anne C. Conway of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Bradley represents companies in a wide range of industries, including fashion and apparel, travel, tourism, household furnishings, industrial equipment, computer hardware, building and construction, restaurant and hospitality, food, alcoholic beverages, entertainment, financial consulting and investment, automotive, and telecommunications. He has successfully tried cases and litigated around the country, in state and federal courts, in arbitration, before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and before the National Advertising Division and National Advertising Review Board of the Better Business Bureau. He also manages worldwide trademark portfolios and collaborates with trademark counsel in countries around the globe on trademark prosecution and enforcement matters.
Bradley served as a Director for the Chicago Bar Association’s 9,000- member Young Lawyers Section and is past chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Professional Responsibility Committee. For ten years he was an adjunct professor at DePaul University College of Law, where he taught an advanced seminar on trademark law.
Bradley has written and spoken on intellectual property, advertising, and litigation issues, including trademark enforcement and prosecution strategies, copyright fair use, product placement, trademark dilution, keyword advertising, environmental and “green” marketing claims, advertising claim substantiation, and puffery.
- Advertising & Promotions
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Automobiles & Components
- Banks
- Consumer Durables & Apparel
- Financial Services
- Food, Beverage & Tobacco
- Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
- Household & Personal Products
- Materials
- Petroleum Industry
- Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
- Real Estate
- Software & Services
- Technology Hardware & Equipment
- Telecommunications
- 2023 Managing IP : Illinois "Litigator of the Year"
- 2023 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 : Ranked Silver in Illinois for "enforcement and litigation"
- 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer"
- 2022 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Recognized Nationally and in Illinois as a Trade mark star and a Copyright star
- 2022 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 : Ranked Silver in Illinois for "enforcement and litigation"
- 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer"
- 2022 Leading Lawyers Magazine : An Illinois “Leading Lawyer” in Copyright & Trademark Law and Advertising & Media Law
- 2021 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Recognized Nationally and in Illinois as a Copyright star and a Trade mark star
- 2021 Illinois Super Laywers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer"
- 2021 Leading Lawyers Magazine : An Illinois “Leading Lawyer” in Copyright & Trademark Law and Advertising & Media Law
- 2020 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Recognized for Trade mark prosecution experience
- 2020 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Recognized for Trade mark litigation experience
- 2020 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Recognized for Trade mark strategy & counseling experience
- 2020 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Selected as "Copyright stars" in Illinois
- 2020 Selected as a "Trade mark star" in Illinois
- 2020 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Selected as an “IP Star” in Illinois
- 2020 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 : “As managing partner, Bradley Cohn has the firm sailing with a fair wind. Litigating in his own practice, he is ‘one of the best there is at it’, with great instincts regarding trial strategy and a gift for diagnosing the strengths and weaknesses of a case.”
- 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois “Super Lawyer”
- 2020 Leading Lawyers Magazine : An Illinois “Leading Lawyer”
- 2019 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Selected as an “IP Star” in Illinois
- 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois “Super Lawyer”
- 2019 Leading Lawyers Magazine : An Illinois “Leading Lawyer”
- 2019 Leading Lawyers Magazine : Recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Copyright & Trademark Law and Advertising & Media Law for the State of Illinois
- 2018 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property : Selected as an "IP Star" in Illinois
- 2018 Leading Lawyers Magazine : An Illinois "Leading Lawyer"
- 2018 Leading Lawyers Magazine : Recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Copyright & Trademark Law and Advertising & Media Law for the State of Illinois
- 2017 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine : Selected as an "IP Star"
- 2017 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 : "A remarkably skilled litigator with
profound familiarity with all substantive issues, Cohn recently
secured a significant win for Bayer in a case that clarified US unfair competition law."
- 2016 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine : Selected as an "IP Star"
- 2016 Leading Lawyers Magazine, Business Edition : Recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Copyright & Trademark Law and Advertising & Media Law for the State of Illinois
- 2016 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 : "Bradley Cohn...used to clerk in the Federal Court and thus has insider knowledge on how best to present a case to a trial judge; he combines this with a gift for distilling an argument down to a compelling narrative."
- 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property
- 2015 The Legal 500 United States : Recognized for trademark litigation experience
- 2015 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine : Selected as an "IP Star"
- 2015 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 : Placed in the Bronze Band in Illinois for "enforcement and litigation"
- 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Litigation
- 2015 Leading Lawyers Magazine : An Illinois "Leading Lawyer"
- 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer" in Media & Advertising
- 2014 Leading Lawyers Magazine, Business Edition : Recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Copyright & Trademark Law and Advertising & Media Law for the State of Illinois
- 2014 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine : Selected as an "IP Star"
- 2014 Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine : An Illinois "Super Lawyer"
- 2013 IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine : Selected as an "IP Star"
- 2013 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer"
- 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers : An Illinois "Super Lawyer"
- 2011 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education : Recipient of the 2011 Above and Beyond Award in recognition and appreciation of contributions of pro bono legal services
- 2010 Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition : An Illinois "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property
- 2010 Law & Politics : An Illinois "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Law
- 2010 Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition : An Illinois "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Litigation
- 2008 Law & Politics : An Illinois "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Litigation
- Nichino America, Inc. v. Valent U.S.A., LLC, Case No. C.A. No. 20-704 (USDC D. Del); and Nichino America Inc v. Valent USA LLC, Case No. 21-1850 (3rd Cir) (Trademark Infringement)
- Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG, 987 F.3d 284 (4th Cir. 2021) (in a matter of first impression in the circuit, the Fourth Circuit found that Lanham Act claims are not subject to a statute of limitations, rather, they are governed by the equitable defense of laches, and granted the client’s appeal overruling the district court’s finding to the contrary, as well as upholding the client’s summary judgment victory on all of the plaintiff’s claims)
- J-B Weld Company, LLC (Epoxies, Adhesives and Silicone Sealants), NARB Panel #251 (July 23, 2019) (False Advertising)
- J-B Weld Company, LLC (Epoxies, Adhesives and Silicone Sealants), Report #6230, NAD/CARU Case Reports (Dec. 2018) (False Advertising)
- Illinois Tools Works Inc. v. Rust-Oleum Corporation, Case No. 4-17-cv-02084 (S.D. Tex. 2017) (Jury Trial on False Advertising)
- Kohler Co. v. Dukat, LLC (d/b/a Essential Hardware), Case No. 2:17-cv-01705 (E.D. Wis. 2017) (Settled; case concerned copyright infringement and unfair competition) (Copyright, Unfair Competition)
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Umbra Technologies (HK) Limited, Opposition No. 91230105 (TTAB 2017) (GEO-D; Settled, secured judgment against applicant and obtained withdrawal of application) (Trademark)
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Umbra Technologies (HK) Limited, Opposition No. 91229869 (TTAB 2016) (GEODESTINATION; Settled, obtained amendment to application) (Trademark)
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Umbra Technologies (HK) Limited, Opposition No. 91229867 (TTAB 2017) (GEODESTINATION; Settled) (Trademark)
- All Florida Paper, Inc. v. Illinois Tool Works Inc., Cancellation No. 92060749 (TTAB 2016) (TORNADO MAGIC; obtained withdrawal of petition to cancel with prejudice) (Trademark)
- Robert Bosch GmbH and Robert Bosch LLC v. Deeds Performance and Joshua Deeds, 2:14-cv-08517-BRO-AJW (C.D. Ca. 2015, Judge O'Connell) (permanent injunction and award of $200,000 plus attorneys' fees granted) (Counterfeiting, Trademark Infringement, False Advertising)
- TT of Sand Lake, Inc. d/b/a Central Florida Chrysler Jeep Dodge, a Florida Corporation v. Classified Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company d/b/a cars.com, Case No. 2013-CA-003441-O (Judge Blackwell) (case dismissed) (Breach of Contract, Constructive Fraud, Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices)
- Robert Bosch LLC v. A.B.S. Power Brake, Inc., Case No. 09-14468 (E.D. Mich. 2012, Judge Duggan) (After three years of litigation, Bosch awarded judgment of over $13 Million, injunction, and destruction order by default on claims for counterfeit and infringing hydraulic brakes, and for false advertising of refurbished brakes as new, genuine Bosch products) (Counterfeiting, Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition)
- Kohler Co. v. Masco Corporation of Indiana, Cancellation No. 92053940 (TTAB 2012) (cancellation sustained) (Trademark)
- Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Prestone Products Corporation, Case No. 4:2011-cv-03372 (S.D. Tex. 2011, Judge Gilmore) (settled) (False Advertising)
- Jerome Viger-Kohler v. Alexandre Cammas, Opposition No. 91192632 (TTAB 2010) (won Opposition against foreign applicant) (Trademark)
- World Wide Sales, Inc. v. Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Case No. 1:2008-cv-01198 (N.D. Ill. 2009, Judge Kennelly) (granting summary judgment for defendant on trademark infringement and fraud claims) (Trademark Infringement)
- Bayer Corporation v. Dairy Management Inc., Opposition No. 91157755 (TTAB 2009) (Trademark)
- Illinois Tool Works v. Phoenix American Holdings, Inc., Case No. 2:2008-cv-05721 (C.D. Cal. 2008, Judge Snyder) (Trademark Infringement)
- Santa Margherita v. Vintwood International, Case No. 1:2006-cv-05913 (N.D. Ill. 2007, Judge Gettleman) (Trade Dress)
- BSH Home Appliances Corp. v. AJ Madison Corp., Case No. 1:2005-cv-04127 (E.D.N.Y. 2006, Judge Vitaliano) (Trademark Infringement)
- Singletary, et al v. GMRI, Inc., Case No. 1:2004-cv-20517 (S.D. Fla. 2005, Judge Martinez) (General)
- Darden Corp. et al (Olive Garden) v. IHOP Corp., Case No. 6:2004-cv-00149 (M.D. Fla. 2005, Judge Sharp) (on behalf of Plaintiff, use of offending mark halted; confidential settlement) (Trademark Infringement)
- BSH Home Appliances, et al v. Distribution Direct, et al, Case No. 2:2002-cv-00306 (D. Utah 2005, Judge Benson) (Trademark Infringement)
- BSH Home Appliances Corp. v. Big John's Health Center, Case No. 4:2003-cv-00138 (D. Idaho 2004, Judge Winmill) (Trademark Infringement)
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Board of Directors : Chair (2023)
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education : Vice Chair (2022)
- International Trademark Association : Trademark Offices Practice Committee (2018-present)
- Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education : Treasurer (2021)
- International Trademark Association : Member, Government Officials Training Committee (2016-2018)
- Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education : Board of Directors
- Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee : Chair ( 2011-2012)
- Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee : Legislative Liaison
- Chicago Bar Association : Member
- Illinois Bar Association : Member
- American Bar Association : Member
- Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago : Member
- CBA Young Lawyers Section : Former Director
- CBA Young Lawyers Section Intellectual Property Committee : Former Chair
- "UK Trademarks After Brexit," Pattishall Insights (July 2020)
- "Trademark Infringement and Dilution," a chapter in the IICLE treatise on Illinois Causes of Action: Contracts and Business Disputes
- Co-author (with Kristine Bergman) "False Advertising Disputes: Interplay between Courts and the NAD." Landslide Magazine, a Publication of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 8, No. 5 (May/June 2016)
- "Trick or Tweet? FTC Cracks Down on Disguised Endorsements," Pattishall Insights (October 2015)
- Author of all three chapters on trademark and unfair competition law in the Intellectual Property Law Handbook, published by IICLE.
- Co-author, "You Wrote It, But Who Owns It? An Overview of Copyright Law," published by the American College of Emergency Physicians.
- "Emerging Trends in Advertising Law," U.S. headquarters of a Fortune Global 500 company (January 2013)
- "Ethical Issues in Trademark Clearance and Investigations", John Marshall Law School's Ethics in the Practice of Intellectual Property Law program, Chicago, IL (May 2009)
- "Developments in Trademark Law," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Intellectual Property Short Course, Chicago, IL (December 2008)
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin