Roger H. Bora

Practices

• Intellectual Property

Professional Experience

Roger H. Bora is a member in Thompson Hine's Dayton office and of the firm's technology and intellectual property group. Roger assists businesses of all sizes with identifying, protecting, enforcing and exploiting their intellectual property rights. Before entering private practice, he was a trademark attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and an intern at the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under the direction of now Chief Judge Gerard Rogers. Before entering the legal profession, Roger had ten years of business, marketing and management experience, which gives him a unique business perspective when working with clients and handling their matters.

Roger's practice includes counseling clients on all aspects of U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws, including trademark selection, trademark availability opinions, federal and state trademark registration, intellectual property enforcement, intellectual property litigation, licensing, settlement agreements, contracts, trade dress packaging and configuration design, advertising and branding laws and Internet-related issues, including domain names and social media. He also has extensive experience in managing domestic and international trademark portfolios and counseling clients on complex global trademark selection and application filing strategies. Roger represents clients before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in trademark registration opposition and cancellation proceedings, international trademark litigation proceedings and assists with federal litigation involving intellectual property rights.

Roger is admitted to practice in Ohio, Maine and Maryland.

Education

• Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1999
• Franklin Pierce Law Center, M.I.P., 1999, Masters of Intellectual Property
• Saint Michael's College, B.S., 1993, Business Management
• Champlain College, A.S., 1990, Marketing & Advertising

• Representation of various clients in complex global trademark filing strategies.
• U.S. and global trademark prosecution for corporate clients.
• Representation of clients in trademark registration opposition and cancellation proceedings before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
• Representation of clients in trademark registration opposition and cancellation proceedings throughout the world, including Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, China, Brazil, European Union and Canada.
• Representation of clients in the assertion and defense of claims for trademark and/or trade dress infringement.
• Copyright protection and enforcement.
• Advising companies in obtaining U.S. and foreign trademark and trade dress protection.
• Advising businesses in connection with intellectual property issues arising in the context of asset purchases, mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions.
• Representation of businesses in trademark and technology licensing arrangements.
• Develops intellectual property protection programs and strategies for businesses.
• Social Media policy, monitoring and enforcement actions with respect to intellectual property misappropriation.
• Successful representation of clients in Uniform Domain Name Dispute proceedings before the World Intellectual Property Organization located in Geneva Switzerland.
• Due diligence and IP audits in acquisition, merger and licensing ventures.

• "The Configuration Design IP Trifecta; Copyrights, Trade Dress and Design Patents", Dayton Intellectual Property Association, February 2011
• "Global Trademark Selection and Protection", Dayton Intellectual Property Association, February 2011
• "Copyright Fair Use in the Age of Social Media", New Media Cincinnati, September 11, 2010
• "Brand Protection in the Age of Social Media", American Marketing Association, March 23, 2010
• "Trademark Clearance and the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)", American Marketing Association, March 23, 2010
• "Brand Protection in the Social Media Age", SummitUp 2009 - A Social Media Confab,, Wright State University, October 20, 2009
• "Protecting Your Trademarks: An Essential Part of the Marketing Plan", American Marketing Association-Dayton Chapter, May 2009
• "Trademark Protection in the European Union", 2005-2006
• "Trademarks: How to Select & Protect Valuable Company Assets", 2004-2006