Mr John A. Clifford, Attorney

Jack has a general practice of patent, trademark and copyright law, with an emphasis on trademark and advertising law. He served as the Chairman of Merchant & Gould's Trademark Practice Section for six years and celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversary with the firm on June 1, 2006. Jack counsels clients with large portfolios of Intellectual Property, and with complex business issues involving patents and trademarks, including litigation. He is responsible for worldwide portfolios of trademarks for many clients. He also is the filing correspondent on over 3,000 U.S. Trademark and Service Mark applications. Jack is a specialist in large portfolio trademark clients, both domestically and internationally, including many private label manufacturers. He also serves as an expert witness in trademark matters, as a qualified neutral for alternative dispute resolution, and has an active practice in trademark oppositions and cancellations, having handled over 500 such proceedings. Jack has three grown children, and enjoys downhill skiing, golf, painting and making wine. Many of Jack's clients are Europeans, and Jack travels to Europe frequently.

Jack was named a 2006, 2007 and 2008 Super Lawyer in the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics and has earned the AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell for many years.