Trademark counsel with internal U.S. Patent and Trademark Office training

Xheneta Ademi focuses on trademark and copyright litigation, clearance, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement. She also helps clients combat unfair competition practices. Her expertise includes drafting appeal briefs and conducting oral arguments for Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) litigation.

As a former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) attorney, Xheneta refined her trademark prosecution skills through the examination of thousands of trademark applications. She served on special taskforces, including at the Trademark Innovation Lab and the Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, where she combated digitally-altered specimens, reviewed special Chinese filings, served as subject matter expert for COVID-19 applications, briefed the examination corps on TTAB caselaw development and was a member of the appeals moot court panel. Xheneta successfully represented the USPTO on numerous TTAB appeals through briefing and oral argument.

Admitted to Illinois and Wisconsin. Not admitted in Washington D.C. Practice in D.C. is limited to legal services authorized by Rule 49(c)(2) and (3), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office matters.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Wisconsin

Education

• Marquette University Law School (J.D., 2015)

• University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (cum laude, 2012)

• A Trademark Guide to the Metaverse for Averse Brand Owners
• IP Attorneys Xheneta Ademi, Grace Stewart and James Aquilina Write About Trademark Protection in the Metaverse for Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal

Seminar

• Brand and Design Protection in Software and Virtual Worlds
• Franchising and the Metaverse