Philip Nulud has successfully guided clients in protecting and monetizing their vital trademarks and other intellectual property for close to two decades. His day-to-day representations are in the fashion, apparel, retail, and consumer products space. He represents and works with well-known apparel brands, couture fashion houses, streetwear brands, apparel and footwear manufacturers, licensing agencies, retailers, celebrities, athletes, influencers, beauty and wellness companies, financial services companies, and others in all things IP. They rely on Phil’s value-add approach and strategic management of their IP holdings and often seek his counsel in all things legal.

Having handled thousands of domestic and international trademarks, Phil offers extensive experience in establishing, protecting, and enforcing clients’ IP. He has also earned a reputation as the go-to-lawyer for all issues revolving around domain names, social media, and the Internet, Phil provides practical, hands-on guidance and a big-picture perspective on:

• Trademarks, domestic and international
• Patents
• Copyrights
• Licensing
• Marketing and advertising
• Social media influencers
• Domain names

Phil’s significant representation of makers of luxury goods and global brands includes proactive protection of their trademarks, copyrights, images, and other IP. He invests in his clients and their success, whether keeping them ahead of competitive threats or supporting the launch of a new collection from the front row of a runway show.

Outside General Counsel and Global Reach
Company leaders turn to him as an outside general counsel beyond his IP advice. He offers insights and practical resources for clients’ challenges in virtually all areas of the law.

Phil is an appointee to the International Trademark Association (INTA) Famous Marks Committee. While most of his clients have operations in California, the globalization of the luxury goods market means their interests and issues occur worldwide.

He has built a productive and resourceful network, which includes New York, the West Coast, the European Union, and Asia, with an emphasis in China. He readily addresses licensing, counterfeiting, customs, and potential infringement issues wherever they may arise.

Fashion Law Authority
Phil is preparing Southern California’s next generation of IP protectorates in the Fashion Law course he teaches as an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School Los Angeles, his alma mater. While a student, he clerked for the Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines and the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office: Consumer Protection Division.

His commitment to the profession and the community also includes longtime support and leadership of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), where he has served as a director; the National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA), where he has served as president; the Philippine American Bar Association (PABA), where he has served as president and still sits on the Board of Governors; and California Asian Pacific American Bar Association (CAL-APABA), where he was a founding board member and served as treasurer. He is also a past president of the Loyola Law School Alumni Association Board of Governors.

Phil has received recognition from Super Lawyers, NAPABA, and as a Leader of Influence: Minority Attorneys from the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• Loyola Law School
• University of Southern California

Significant Accomplishments
<ul><li>Represented one of the largest footwear brands in the United States in developing, obtaining, protecting and enforcing the trademarks and patents of a $2B consumer product, domestically and worldwide.</li><li>Assisted a 500+ store clothing retail chain with brand protection, trademark clearance and international expansion.</li><li>Advised the largest manufacturer of swimwear in the United States in brand protection, trademark clearance and enforcement, and licensing transactions, including risk assessment of advertising campaigns and social media posts.</li><li>Represented a global fashion company which is the premier manufacturer of denim in Los Angeles in brand protection, trademark clearance, international expansion, enforcement, defense of infringement and right of publicity claims and risk assessment of advertising campaigns and social media posts.</li><li>Counseled one of the largest fruit farmers in the State of California in brand protection, trademark clearance, enforcement and licensing transactions.</li><li>Provided strategies for a global beauty products company in brand protection, trademark clearance, international expansion and enforcement.</li><li>Represented a global beauty products and device company in brand protection, patent protection, trademark clearance, international expansion, enforcement and risk assessment of advertising campaigns and social media posts.</li></ul>

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