Rodney K. Caldwell

Rodney K. Caldwell

Austin, TX recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1997
Pirkey Barber PLLC

17 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Litigation - Intellectual Property Trademark Law

Biography

Rodney Caldwell has practiced in the intellectual property field since 1970. His practice has been concentrated in the litigation of trademark and related intellectual property matters, alternative dispute resolution, and counseling, including advice on trademark licensing, franchising, and intellectual property/antitrust matters. He has represented large, mid-sized, and small business clients and has broad experience in litigation of trademark, trade secret, and related unfair competition matters.

For more than twenty years, Rodney has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America under the Intellectual Property Law specialty. He also has been listed as one of the world’s leading trademark lawyers in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Trade Mark Practitioners.

Prior to beginning his law practice, Rodney was a project engineer for the Apollo Spacecraft Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston, Texas, from 1962 to 1970, and he served on active military duty at Patrick Air Force Base (Cape Canaveral), Florida, with the Ballistic Missile Division of the United States Air Force from 1959 to 1962.

Pirkey Barber PLLC

17 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • English

  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D., graduated 1969
  • University of Virginia, Ch.E, graduated 1959

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas

  • American Bar Association - Chair, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Section of IP Law, 2007-2009
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association - Fellow, Chair, Professionalism and Ethics Committee (2016, 1998) Past Chair, Franchise Law Committee
  • International Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • International Trademark Association - Member
  • State Bar of Texas - Member
  • Houston Bar Association - Member
  • Houston Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • Houston Intellectual Property Inn of Court - Member
  • Houston Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
  • Austin Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • Austin Bar Association - Member
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
  • English
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association - Chair, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Section of IP Law, 2007-2009
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association - Fellow, Chair, Professionalism and Ethics Committee (2016, 1998) Past Chair, Franchise Law Committee
  • International Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • International Trademark Association - Member
  • State Bar of Texas - Member
  • Houston Bar Association - Member
  • Houston Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • Houston Intellectual Property Inn of Court - Member
  • Houston Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
  • Austin Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • Austin Bar Association - Member
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D., graduated 1969
  • University of Virginia, Ch.E, graduated 1959

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Trademark Law
Special Focus:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Antitrust
  • Expert Testimony
  • Licensing
  • Litigation
  • Patent
  • Trade Secrets
  • Trademark
  • Unfair Trade Practices
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers in America® by Woodward/White, Inc. (1995-2017)
  • WTR 1000 The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (2011-2017)
  • Texas Super Lawyers® list, a Thomson Reuters service (2003-2007)
  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

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