Patrick J. Concannon
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Overview
Patrick J. Concannon is a partner in Nutter's Intellectual Property and Corporate and Transactions Departments. Pat also co-chairs Nutter’s Trademarks and Brands practice. His practice focuses on intellectual property disputes and on commercial agreement work focused on exploiting intellectual property and protecting and leveraging data.
A trusted business adviser to companies looking to expand, Pat helps companies of all sizes protect their brands. He advises clients on how to leverage their proprietary technology via commercial agreements, and counsels companies about protecting and lawfully collecting, using and disclosing data.
Pat represents companies in trademark and copyright dispute proceedings in court and before administrative agencies, in domain name arbitration proceedings and in negotiating settlement agreements in these areas. Pat has extensive experience in trademark clearance, which is derived in part from his pre-law background work with a leading trademark research firm. Pat brings a global perspective to brand protection and portfolio management that is informed by his having worked at his prior firm’s London office.
His privacy and data protection practice focuses on website and electronic commerce counseling, compliance counseling and agreement work. Pat’s brand/content protection experience and capabilities and his commercial negotiation skills uniquely position him to provide cross-disciplinary legal services, particularly to companies that have an interactive web presence.
Pat co-chairs the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association Trademark and Unfair Competition Law Committee. Pat also is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., and the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Copyright Committee. He has served on a number of INTA committees over the years. Pat also taught a Trademark Practice course at Suffolk Law.
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Experience
Experience
News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
Publications
Blog Posts
Honors
Honors
- Managing IP Stars, Trade Mark Star, United States (National) and Massachusetts, 2025
- World Trademark Review's 1000 "The World's Leading Trademark Professionals" for Massachusetts, 2016-2025
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2019-2026
- Client Choice Award: Exclusive Winner in the Intellectual Property: Trademarks category in Massachusetts, 2020
- Who's Who Legal: Trademarks, 2015-2021, 2024
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
Practices
Industries
Industry Expertise
Pat is a member of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s U.S. Trademark Law Committee, and the International Trademark Association’s Data Protection Committee.
Noteworthy
- Managing IP Stars, Trade Mark Star, United States (National) and Massachusetts, 2025
- World Trademark Review's 1000 "The World's Leading Trademark Professionals" for Massachusetts, 2016-2025
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2019-2026
- Client Choice Award: Exclusive Winner in the Intellectual Property: Trademarks category in Massachusetts, 2020
- Who's Who Legal: Trademarks, 2015-2021, 2024