Jeanne Hamburg

With over three decades of experience in virtually every type of soft IP matter, Jeanne Hamburg plays a lead role in litigation and transactions involving copyright and trademark. Based in Norris McLaughlin, P.A.’s New York City office, she assists domestic and international clients in a wide swath of industries including the financial services, B2B, software as a service (SaaS), consumer-packaged goods (CPG), nonprofit, and media and entertainment sectors. She is uniquely positioned to handle every matter that crosses her desk due to the unusual breadth of her background with each practice area informing the other.

She has repeatedly been ranked in the World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, which lists the top 1,000 trademark attorneys in 56 jurisdictions globally. She is also a member of the Media Law & Creative Economy practice group, which she founded and has been ranked Tier 1 in Media Law International (MLI).

Jeanne’s wide-ranging clientele includes well-known CPG brands that own valuable intellectual property (IP) rights in novel packaging, designs, and product configurations; the world’s largest interdealer broker of securities and financial instruments; an Ivy League teachers college and its academic press, producers of chemical, industrial, construction, building, and pharmaceutical products; and providers of SaaS and B2B services. She represents the largest publisher of Jewish content in North America, the owner of a world-famous video game, a world-renowned graffiti artist, and the estates of authors of well-known literary works, as well as literary agents, authors, celebrities, podcast creators, documentarians, filmmakers, influencers, and other creatives, along with the talent managers and marketing and creative agencies that represent them.

She is lead counsel in prosecution and defense of high-profile litigation in federal courts around the country and her cases draw national attention, such as a recent case on behalf of a legacy liquor brand that successfully enforced its unique cognac bottle shape against a famous rapper’s look-alike bottle. She also clears content for filmmakers, podcasters, documentarians, and authors of nonfiction works; prepares agreements needed for film production, collaboration agreements, option agreements (literary to film), master recording music use and synchronization licenses, and license agreements to merchandise IP, and publicity rights in famous personalities, video games, and fictitious characters from audiovisual and literary works. She conducts pre-publication and pre-broadcast review.

Jeanne serves as lead attorney in enforcement actions, including domestic and international oppositions and cancellations to protect valuable IP. She also counsels clients on IP aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Jeanne conducts trademark clearance, and trademark and copyright prosecution, with a particular emphasis on ensuring comprehensive IP protection.

Jeanne frequently speaks and writes on IP topics and has been quoted by Forbes, Authority Magazine, Bloomberg’s Law360, and other news outlets as a thought leader in her field, particularly in respect of IP issues arising from the Internet and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). She regularly presents webinars to trade groups, including the Gotham Film and Media Institute and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Additionally, she is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), currently serving on the Enforcement Committee, and a member of the Copyright Society of the USA. She has served on INTA’s Government Officials Training Committee, Copyright Committee, and Leadership Development Committee, and was Chair of INTA’s Law Firm Committee. She was also a speaker at INTA’s “The Business of AI” and “Maintaining the Perfect Partnership between In-House and Outside Counsel” conferences.

Jeanne co-founded and contributes to the firm’s trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law blog, More Than Your Mark, published both by the firm and the National Law Review. She also provides pro bono trademark prosecution for an organization that offers legal services to low-income families, as well as for a well-known foundation supporting children with cancer.

Jeanne Hamburg is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trademark Law.

Jeanne, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jeanne is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.