Leadership. Management. Results.John Beard is a partner at an intellectual property (IP) firm who leads the global trademark practice in its Washington, DC office. John specializes in helping clients expand and protect their intellectual property (IP) and brand value. Representing a number of the same clients for over two decades, John has demonstrated a strong record of leadership, management and results. John has over 30 years of experience in trademark law and related licensing and litigation across a wide range of industries. He has been responsible for several large naming projects such as clearance and registration of new company names for several prominent business including Fortune 500 companies. He has had substantial experience in numerous industries including banking, insurance, advertising and public relations, international publishing, certification programs, computers and telecommunications, medical products, political campaigns, charities and non-profits, restaurants, boat manufacturing and sports tournaments.John also has extensive experience with due diligence studies and registering and managing large U.S. and foreign trademark portfolios. He has filed and prosecuted over 1,000 federal trademark applications and has conducted many thousands of availability searches. He also has substantial experience with administering major trademark and copyright licensing and enforcement programs.Prior to joining Rader, Fishman & Grauer, John Beard led Faegre & Benson’s global trademark prosecution and counseling practice in Minnesota. Beard has also been a senior vice president and a former chair of the trademark practice at Merchant & Gould. Before moving to Minneapolis he was an intellectual property partner at the firm of Michael, Best & Friedrich and was a shareholder and group head of the IP practice at Godfrey & Kahn in Milwaukee.John is a charter member of the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Nonprofit Organizations Committee.