Bryan Sugar is a member of Schwartz Cooper’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology Transactions practice group, and serves as the firm’s principal Intellectual Property Due Diligence specialist.  His practice includes administration of domestic and international trademark registration programs, intellectual property issues in acquisitions and secured transactions, and litigation and counseling involving copyrights, trademarks, patents, domain names, e-commerce, licensing, rights of publicity and rights in computer software and databases.  He also counsels banks, investors and other lenders on how to secure intellectual property as collateral in connection with loans or other financing arrangements.

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Illinois
• Supreme Court of Illinois
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

• J.D. - IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2001; Executive Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review
• B.A. - University of Wisconsin, 1996

Professional Activities

• Member, International Trademark Association
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, American Society for the Technion