Celesq® Presenters

Marc Lieberstein is the co-chair of the Franchise Group and Retail & Consumer Goods industry team. His practice focuses on intellectual property licensing and franchising in the retail/consumer goods and services areas, fashion/apparel and accessories, food and beverage, and commercial/industrial design, including the drafting, negotiation, and enforcement of license and franchise documents and agreements, as well as implementation of branding and commercialization objectives for clients via licensing and franchising. In conjunction with the services above, Marc counsels clients on creating effective strategies for procuring, protecting, and enforcing their global intellectual property assets. Marc has also participated in and used alternative dispute resolution forums such as arbitration and mediation to enforce intellectual property rights and resolve license and franchise contractual disputes. Marc frequently lectures and writes on intellectual property and franchise issues for a variety of intellectual property and franchise organizations and publications, including International Trademark Association (INTA), New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section, and the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, The Franchise Lawyer, Franchise Law Journal, National Law Journal, IP Strategist, and The New York Law Journal, Practical Law, The Licensing Journal.