Andrew D. Price

Representative Matters

• Represented American Bar Association in reaching a landmark trademark settlement involving its core brand indicia, through the use of mediation
• Managed the TIME'S UP brand in its high-profile global launch to address sexual harassment and gender inequality in the workplace
• Managed trademark protection for a major 2020 U.S. presidential candidate
• Successfully enforced a brand at the forefront of fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic and effects of the COVID-19 infection.
• Represented Arianna Huffington in negotiating IP aspects of the sale of The Huffington Post to AOL
• Achieved a favorable settlement between client American Bar Association and The Canadian Bar Association concerning the coexistence of the parties' primary brands
• Guided Fortune 500 company RR Donnelley through a year-long process of rebranding itself and spinning off two public companies with new brands on a global basis
• Helped Sony manage the intricacies of trademark law related to its acquisition of Ericsson's 50% interest in the Sony Ericsson joint venture
• Led a billion-dollar consumer products company through the process of seeking well-known status in China
• Helped Project Management Institute manage one of the first trademark litigations in China before the new Beijing IP Court
• Got a large mobile client's "crown jewel" trademark approved by the USPTO in 13 business days, after it lingered at another firm for 3½ years with various objections
• Registered the name of Apple's iPhone App of the Year based on acquired distinctiveness, after a personal meeting with the examiner, months before the award
• Managed the simultaneous searching of 12 trademarks in 4 classes in 76 countries, for a total of 3,648 individual risk assessments, for half the budget
• Managed the simultaneous filing of 450 trademark applications worldwide for one of Interbrand's Best Global Brands, under budget
• Recovered a vanity social media handle for a top-ten Fortune 500 company after three years of attempts by the client to do so
• Licensed a nonprofit client's slogan for use in branding one of the biggest award shows in the entertainment industry
• Leveraged a restaurant chain in Panama to rebrand from COZI based on our client's U.S. rights in COSI, allowing the client to open its franchise there
• Helped a joint venture of one of the world’s top luxury automobile brands select house brands for a new "green" line of cars
• Won a seven-year battle to register a restaurant chain's main brand in the European Community
• Successfully defended a nonprofit against a party that claimed it jointly owned the client's name
• Successfully defended a large investment company in an opposition, with a counterattack that caused the competitor to withdraw and phase out its own slogan
• Worked with Venable's litigation team to defend and file preliminary injunction actions in U.S. District Court, resulting in favorable settlements
• Developed a global strategy that led to settlement after a party demanded our client not launch a critical product-line brand
• Managed the searching of more than 500 trademarks for one client in one year
• Worked on high-dollar licensing transactions involving major TV show names
• Won an appeal for Sony Mobile to register a rare motion mark in the European Community, and obtained for the client one of the few U.S. registrations for a sound mark
• Stopped Asian and European counterfeiters of the world's top-selling dance sneaker
• Filed one of the first U.S.-based applications under the Madrid Protocol, and registered the well-known nonprofit brand MENSA worldwide through the system

Representative Clients

• Served as global trademark counsel to a leading mobile phone manufacturer Sony Mobile (formerly Sony Ericsson) for ten years, and served a second leading manufacturer in the same way for two years
• Serves as global trademark counsel to a large number of nonprofits, including some of the most well-known in the world:
  • American Bar Association
  • Entertainment Industry Foundation (Stand Up to Cancer)
  • Project Management Institute
• Responsible for thousands of active trademark applications/registrations and oppositions/cancellations in diverse fields, including global portfolios of the following clients: 
  • A leading Hollywood film and entertainment company
  • A leading global consumer products company with $1 billion in annual revenues
  • One of the world's top dance footwear and apparel companies
  • One of the world's largest cloud computing organizations
• Served as U.S. and global trademark counsel for one of the world’s leading financial companies for 17 years
  
   
   
  
  
   

Education

• J.D. Southern Methodist University 1996
• B.A. Vanderbilt University 1991

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Virginia, Associate Member (inactive) 2009

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Member, American Mensa
• Member, International Trademark Association and its Public and Media Relations Committee
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association 
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, The Mayflower Society
• Former member, Venable Hiring Committee for the Washington, DC office — when the firm's summer associate program was ranked as one of the top in the country by Vault
• Former member, Venable’s Partnership Selection Committee
• Former intern, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia

Andrew has received high praise from the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 for many years, including a gold ranking for the group he co-chairs, an individual gold ranking, and being named one of the WTR Global Leaders. Over the years WTR has recognized him for a “fantastic global perspective,” “first-class knowledge of trademark law,” and “superb understanding of clients and their needs” (WTR 1000, 2012 – 2020). He is “wholeheartedly recommended” for his “smart, dedicated, and extremely creative approach. His ability to infuse life into even the driest legal issues is second to none” (WTR 1000, 2014). He has also been called an “arch strategist” who achieves “the perfect balance of being detail-focused without losing sight of the big picture” and noted as “one of the best there is” (WTR 1000, 2012 – 2020).

• World Trademark Review
  • Global Leaders, 2019 – 2020
  • WTR 1000, Prosecution and Strategy (Gold Tier), 2018 – 2020
  • WTR 1000, Prosecution and Strategy (Silver Tier), 2012 – 2017
• Chambers USA
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, Nationwide, 2019 – 2020
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, Washington, DC, 2017 – 2018
• Legal 500
  • Trademarks: Non-Contentious, 2013 – 2015
  • Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations), 2017 – 2019
• The Congressional Award (One of the inaugural recipients of the award, which is given in part for public service)
• Trademark, Copyright & Licensing Group, Co-Chair (Venable was ranked gold in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area in trademark prosecution and strategy [WTR 1000, 2020], Tier 1 nationally for trademarks [U.S. News – Best Lawyers, “Best Law Firms,” 2011–2012), top 10 in the U.S. for obtaining registrations [Intellectual Property Today, 2012, 2014 – 2015; U.S. Trademark Toteboard, 2017], and top 20 in the U.S. for filing applications [CompuMark, 2018, 2019])

Pro Bono

• Represents DC Central Kitchen and Together We Bake

Volunteerism

• Volunteer, Law Rocks – raises money for the nonprofit Together We Bake, with a five-year fundraising total of over $80,000
• Has volunteered to support a local Boy Scout troop, high school marching band, and soccer team
  
   

Personal Activities

• Lead guitarist in the local band Noise in the Basement, which won Law Rocks DC 2016, 2017, and 2018 at the legendary 9:30 Club (called the #1 moment of the 2016 international tour); performed at Law Rocks LA 2017 at the world-famous Whiskey a Go Go; and was invited to perform at the first ever Law Rocks-apalooza, a global virtual concert event in 2020
• Winner of Venable DC's Sir Francis Drake Bocce Tournament and two-time winner of its annual Halloween contest / talent show
• Mentored a promising paralegal for ten years, culminating in her graduation from law school summa cum laude