Lowenstein Sandler and two of its trademark partners, Vanessa A. Ignacio and Matthew P. Hintz, are included in the 2025 edition of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (WTR 1000). This is the 14th consecutive year that the firm and the Trademark practice’s Chair Vanessa Ignacio have been listed; this is Matthew Hintz’s seventh consecutive appearance.
In this year’s Lowenstein listing, WTR 1000 notes: “Renowned for its innovative approach and outstanding client service, Lowenstein Sandler has a strong foothold in the market. Keeping a business perspective at the heart of its operations, the ensemble leverages deep legal expertise to ensure robust brand protection and a thorough understanding of clients’ goals.”
Vanessa, Chair of the Trademarks, Copyrights & Trade Secrets practice, receives praise as “exceptional trademark counsel, grounded in a collaborative approach.” The listing continues: “Highly respected by colleagues and clients alike, Vanessa offers practical guidance on a range of trademark matters. Additionally, she and her team are exceptionally organized, which is crucial for managing issues across multiple jurisdictions with varying deadlines.”
WTR further notes that “the esteemed Matthew Hintz” has “a commercially savvy approach, [and] has earned the trust of major players in the consumer goods sector, including Aramara Beauty LLC, Barkbox Inc and Church & Dwight Co, Inc.”
Individuals qualify for inclusion in the WTR 1000 upon receiving sufficient positive feedback from market sources with knowledge of their practice and the market in which they operate. The organization conducts face-to-face and telephone interviews and exchanges correspondence over a four-month period with hundreds of lawyers, attorneys, and their clients involved with trademarks; it also gathers written submissions from firms detailing their recent activity in the field. Firms qualify for a listing on the basis of their depth of expertise, market presence, and the level of work on which they are typically instructed. For more on WTR’s methodology, click here.
Vanessa represents Fortune 500 companies and internationally known brands throughout every stage of the brand life cycle: from selection, clearance, and registration; through licensing, maintenance, auditing, and enforcement. Her practice spans the full spectrum of intellectual property and technology law matters, domain name issues, and advertising law, with a special emphasis on domestic and international trademark counseling and enforcement.
Working with such iconic brands as Claritin, Dr. Scholls, Suave, ChapStick, Arm & Hammer, Coppertone, Trojan, Aleve, Nizoral, American Standard, and Catalent—to name only a few—Vanessa manages national and global trademark portfolios, including clearance and contested matters, for clients across such diverse industries as consumer goods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, animal health, crypto, blockchain, technology, and food and beverage. She frequently represents clients at the very beginning of their brands’ development and remains with them through their lifecycle—sometimes for a decade or more. Highly experienced in enforcing and defending intellectual property in oppositions, cancellations, and appeals, she has successfully litigated and negotiated matters involving brand rights, trade dress, copyright infringement, and false advertising disputes, and she has an impeccable record of success in appealing refusals to register trademarks in the USPTO and agencies worldwide.
Matthew advises global and emerging pharmaceutical, beauty and skincare, consumer goods, technology, and other companies, managing their domestic and international trademark portfolios and helping to develop their growth strategies into new domestic and international markets. He also represents private equity firms and other investors in multimillion-dollar acquisitions with significant trademark and copyright portfolios.
Working with both startups and multinational brands, Matthew counsels his clients on the clearance of proposed marks, preparation and filing applications, obtaining approvals for applications to register marks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and trademark agencies around the world, as well as use of those marks. This includes brand protection and enforcement at the USPTO and other trademark agencies, social media and ecommerce platforms, and domain name disputes.
About Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Lowenstein Sandler LLP is a national law firm with over 350 lawyers based in New York, Palo Alto, New Jersey, Utah, and Washington, D.C. The firm represents leaders in virtually every sector of the global economy, with particular emphasis on investment funds, life sciences, and technology. Recognized for its entrepreneurial spirit and high standard of client service, the firm is committed to the interests of its clients, colleagues, and communities.
