Jeff Storie Email & Phone Number

Leads the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group. Appointed in December 2007 by Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez to the Trademark Public Advisory Committee, a nine member panel charged with providing advice to the director of the USPTO and preparing an annual report to the President and key Congressional leaders on the US trademark systemPractice focuses on trademark prosecution, entertainment and intellectual property law transactions and brand protection. Routinely addresses IP related business issues such as trademark clearances, trademark applications, licensing, the structuring of distribution relationships, negotiation of software agreements, the development of proprietary information protection systems (including non-compete and non-disclosure agreements for employees, contractors, vendors, etc.) and intellectual property due diligence in mergers and acquisitions. Oversees trademark registrations, in more than 100 countries around the world. Assists a number of the world's leading brands, including the Dallas Cowboys, in the fight against counterfeit products. Co-Chaired the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition Fall Conference (2006) which brought to north Texas brand enforcement professionals from the world's most high profile brands.

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  Decker Jones Mcmackin Mcclane Hall & Bates, P.C.

  Feb 1990 - Present

  Decker Jones is a business law boutique founded in 1896. The firm is located in Fort Worth, perhaps the Texas-most city in the Lone Star State, home to the world's oldest and largest rodeo, the legendary course at the Colonial Country Club (known as Hogan's Alley), three world class art museums all in the same park, the world's biggest honky tonk, and one of the strongest economies in the nation. Decker Jones represents the interests of Texas business both here and abroad and enjoys a network of local associates that extends into more than 100 countries around the world.