Thad Chaloemtiarana

Thad currently serves as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law – one of the largest intellectual property associations in the world. As Section Chair, and in his prior positions as Chair Elect, Vice Chair, Membership Officer and a member of Council, Thad is responsible for establishing the public policies and positions of the Section. For many years, Thad was an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he taught a class on Trademarks and Unfair Competition Law.

Thad has litigated cases involving trademark and trade dress infringement, counterfeiting, false advertising and unfair competition, dilution, unauthorized importation of grey market goods, copyright infringement, breach of contract, and domain name cybersquatting. He also has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating many types of transactions, including technology development, integration and licensing agreements; website development and hosting agreements; on-line content and branding agreements; and trademark license, manufacturing and distribution agreements.