Stefan Mentzer

Stefan Mentzer litigates complex civil and intellectual property matters for a wide range of clients, including technology, media, ecommerce, retail, automobile, pharmaceutical, consumer products, manufacturing and financial services companies.

His areas of focus include copyright, trademark, unfair competition, trade secrets, and music licensing, and he regularly advises clients on strategies for managing IP-related risks. Stefan has extensive experience in bench and jury trials and appeals.

He has practiced in federal and state courts and in administrative proceedings before the US International Trade Commission, the Copyright Office, and the Patent and Trademark Office.

Stefan’s clients have included Avon, Deutsche Bank, the Gore Vidal Revocable Trust, Honda, Pfizer, Sandoz, Sears, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Sony, Walmart, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Stefan has served as Chair of the Copyright Law Committee of AIPLA, a 15,000-member national bar association, and he has been quoted by Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal, The New York Law Journal, The New York Observer, The Washington Post, Fortune, Wired, Law360, Reuters, and The Associated Press.