Joe Kucala is a partner and founder at KUCALA LAW and regularly advises large multi-national companies and start-ups on all areas of intellectual property and advertising law, with particular emphasis on issues related to brand and copyright clearance, protection and enforcement across a range of industries. Joe’s underlying goal is to strengthen his clients’ famous brands and their value and has a clear focus and strategy to do so. His practice focuses on U.S. and international multi-jurisdictional intellectual property enforcement actions; client counseling on marketing, sponsorship, and trademark licensing arrangements; conducting intellectual property audits; advising on anti-counterfeiting matters; and United States and international trademark and copyright prosecution. Joe’s depth of experience affords him a keen insight into his client’s
businesses.

In addition, Joe provides extensive advice to clients regarding a variety of transactional matters, such as IP licensing agreements, entertainment
ventures, joint marketing agreements, and software licensing agreements.

His clients rely on his practical approach and experience in a wide range
of industries. Prior to founding Kucala Law, Joe spent a decade as partner at a leading national trademark law firm and was in-house counsel with the Trademark & Copyright Group of Hewlett-Packard Company’s Legal Department. While at HP, he had worldwide trademark and copyright responsibility for one of HP’s business units and advised his clients on the adoption and protection of trademark and copyright assets, and provided extensive legal advice on worldwide intellectual property enforcement issues.