BRIAN O'DONNELL



Brian O’Donnell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, is an intellectual property lawyer focusing on patent and trademark litigation and all phases of intellectual property counseling, including clearance, acquisition, licensing, transfer and pre-litigation enforcement of rights. With respect to trademarks, he has litigated and counseled clients in such diverse industries as food and beverage, entertainment and hospitality, cannabis, airlines, pharmaceuticals, software, energy, sporting goods, and educational and financial services. He also has experience managing international trademark and patent portfolios and representing clients in copyright, right of publicity, trade secret, data privacy, and domain name dispute resolution matters. On the patent side, he has litigated in a wide range of fields, including food, packaging, software, automotive, semiconductor, gaming, television and other consumer products. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. O’Donnell was counsel at Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he was responsible for managing its global IP assets, technology transactions, and intellectual property litigation. He received his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago in 2001, a M.Sc. in International Relations from The London School of Economics in 1995 and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana in 1994. He is admitted to practice in Colorado, Illinois, Michigan and the District of Columbia.