Profile
Erica Küntz focuses her practice on trademarks, copyright, and brand strategy. She advises businesses, creative professionals, and entertainment clients on the protection and management of brand assets, including matters involving clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and commercialization.
With a background in media, advertising, and brand development, Erica brings both practical insight and a nuanced perspective to intellectual property matters. She has written various articles exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, personal branding, and publicity rights. She also monitors developments in trademark and copyright law and provides high-level educational commentary on brand protection matters.
Concentrations
- Trademark clearance, prosecution, and enforcement, including support for TTAB oppositions and cancellations
- Copyright counseling and registration of literary, artistic, and digital works
- Brand protection and trademark strategy within the trademark and unfair competition frameworks
- General intellectual property counseling across trademark, copyright, and related areas
- Trademark search analysis, brand availability review, and evaluation of registrability and relative risk
- Licensing and other intellectual property agreements, including trademark and copyright licenses
תחומי התמחות
הישגים ותפקידי מפתח
- National Order of the Barristers, 2025
- Texas State Bar Award for Outstanding Appellate Advocacy, 2025
- Member, International Trademark Association, 2025—Present
- Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2025—Present
הכשרה מקצועית וכישורי שפה
השכלה
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J.D., University of Houston Law Center
- Chief Articles Editor, Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy
- B.S., University of Texas at Austin
הסמכות
- Texas
כישורי שפה
- English, Native
- Spanish, Conversational