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Patrick J. Concannon

Partner / Boston

Overview

Patrick J. Concannon is a partner in Nutter's Intellectual Property and Corporate and Transactions Departments, with over 20 years experience devoted to helping businesses establish and protect their brands, including more than 15 years as a practicing trademark attorney. He focuses his practice on U.S. and international trademark clearance, trademark portfolio management and protection and trademark and copyright licensing. Pat drafts sophisticated commercial agreements and provides advertising, unfair competition, consumer protection, internet and privacy law counseling. He represents companies in trademark and copyright dispute proceedings (including before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board), in domain name arbitration proceedings and in negotiating settlement agreements in these areas. Pat has extensive experience in trademark clearance and policing expertise, which is derived in part from his pre-law background working as a management team member and researcher with a leading trademark research firm.

His privacy and data protection practice focuses on website and electronic commerce counseling and compliance counseling. Pat's brand protection experience and capabilities and his commercial agreement skills uniquely position him to provide cross-disciplinary legal services, particularly to companies that have an interactive web presence.

Pat is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, the preeminent credential in the field. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Pat is a member of The International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s U.S. Trademark Law Committee and the International Trademark Association. He also served as a past member of the International Trademark Association's Internet Committee (2008-2011), The Trademark Reporter® editorial board (2004-2007), and the Information Resources Committee (Trade Dress Library Subcommittee) (2002-2003).

Experience

Experience

  • Innovation Associates

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Innovation Associates, the market-leading provider of high-volume pharmacy automation technology and software solutions to the retail, hospital, government, and mail order pharmacy markets, in connection with a consortium of investors led by Greg Wasson, the former Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO, acquiring a majority stake to scale the business and enhance its pharmacy automation offerings.

  • Cali’flour Foods

    Nutter advised Cali’flour Foods, the developer and manufacturer of low-carb, gluten-free cauliflower products, in a Series A financing round led by Sunrise Strategic Partners, with participation from CircleUp Growth Partners.

  • Brighton Marine

    Nutter advised Brighton Marine on all aspects of the development of The Residences at Brighton Marine, a $46 million project that created 102 units of affordable housing in Boston with a preference for veterans. Nutter provided counsel on all aspects of the project, including the original strategic planning, the permitting, the formation of the joint venture with WinnCompanies, the ground lease to the joint venture, and the financing.

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Honors

Honors

  • World Trademark Review's 1000 "The World's Leading Trademark Professionals" for Massachusetts, 2016-2019 
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2019-2020
  • Who's Who Legal: Trademarks, 2015-2016

Education & Admissions

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude
Marquette University, B.A.

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Industry Expertise

Pat is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, the preeminent credential in the field. He is a member of The International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s U.S. Trademark Law Committee and the International Trademark Association.

Noteworthy

  • World Trademark Review's 1000 "The World's Leading Trademark Professionals" for Massachusetts, 2016-2019
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2019-2020
  • Who's Who Legal: Trademarks, 2015-2016
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