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Nerissa Coyle McGinn
Senior Counsel

Nerissa Coyle McGinn practices intellectual property litigation involving trademark, copyright, unfair competition and advertising law. In particular, she focuses on e-commerce and Internet issues. She also is experienced in trademark prosecution in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and counseling on trademark, copyright, advertising and e-commerce matters.

Ms. McGinn also counsels clients in all forms of advertising and promotions initiatives including sweepstakes review, copy review, and promotion design and fulfillment. In particular, Ms. McGinn focuses on internet and interactive advertising and promotions.

Publications/Speeches

Presenter, Loeb & Loeb LLP Presents an Advanced Media and Technology Group Webinar: Fair Use and the Internet (December 9, 2009)
Speaker, INTA Panel Discussion: Careers in Trademark Law, Chicago, Illinois (March 5, 2009)
Speaker, IICLE Intellectual Property Short Course, Chicago, IL (December 11-12, 2008)
Presenter, Down the Tube: The Future of User Generated Content, Chicago Bar Association (November 2008)
Speaker, An Overview of Advertising Law through User Generated Content (August 2008)
Speaker, ACI Focus: Innovations in Retail and Promotions, Chicago, Illinois (July 16, 2008)
Guest Lecturer, User Generated Content (June 2008)
Moderator, What’s Fair and What’s Foul? A Look at the Expanding Doctrine of Fair Use in Trademark and Copyright Law, Chicago, Illinois (October 21, 2005)

Illinois State Membership Liaison for the Commission on Women in the Profession, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association
Member, International Trademark Association
Member, Promotions Marketing Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association
Member, Asian-American Bar Association

Distinctions

Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property Legal Writing; U.S. Advertising Law, John Marshall Law School
Former Instructor, Undergraduate Trial Advocacy, University of Illinois

Harvard Law School, J.D., 1997, cum laude

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1994, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Illinois, 1997

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

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