Raffi Zerounian

Raffi Zerounian, the Market Leader for Hanson Bridgett’s Los Angeles Office, has a 360-degree trademark practice, handling all facets of counselling, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, litigation, and licensing. He has pursued hundreds of trademark enforcement disputes and has been lead counsel in many trademark infringement actions in federal court. Mr. Zerounian has also pursued and defended proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and has overseen opposition as well as cancellation proceedings in jurisdictions outside the United States. He has significant experience growing and managing sizeable international trademark portfolios and with UDRP disputes.

Mr. Zerounian received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and his BA, with high honors, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Ernest M. Robles, US Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California. Prior to joining Hanson Bridgett LLP, he practiced at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP (now Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP) and a boutique intellectual property law firm.

Mr. Zerounian serves as the update author for CEB’s internet law and practice in California guide, “Domain Name and Trademark Issues.” He is also active in the International Trademark Association (INTA). Mr. Zerounian is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Trademark Reporter and chair of that INTA committee; he has been a senior editor since 2012, and served on the journal’s Editorial Board since 2008. Additionally, he has held positions at the University of Southern California Law School Intellectual Property Institute, serving on the Planning Committee, as an executive committee member, and as co-chair of the Trademark Subcommittee.