Ann Lamport Hammitte and Lando & Anastasi Ranked Among Top Trademark Practitioners by World Trademark Review

Cambridge, MA – Lando & Anastasi, LLP (L&A) recently announced that Ann Lamport Hammitte has been recognized for the third consecutive year by World Trademark Review (WTR) as one of the world’s top trademark practitioners, and she is once again highly ranked for trademark enforcement and litigation, as well as for prosecution and strategy. L&A is honored to be one of just sixteen Massachusetts firms selected for inclusion in the WTR 1000, their annual listing of the world’s leading trademark professionals. This year marks the 10^th year that the firm and its attorneys have been named to this select group.

This year’s report highlights the work that L&A’s trademark team does with emerging businesses, our “understanding [of] the various trials and tribulations start-ups encounter,” and the support our attorneys provide to ensure “optimal protection” of our clients’ marks. Comments by clients and peers note that Ann Lamport Hammitte “is a savvy strategist when it comes to brand management and dispatches opposition and cancellation proceedings with ease…[She] is prompt, direct and efficient. Importantly, she works to keep costs low and is sensitive to budgetary constraints.” Ann is also renowned as a “fount of knowledge regarding intellectual property…[who] grasps the bigger picture and helps clients understand how trademarks can benefit the business.”

The WTR 1000 listing recognizes firms and individuals considered outstanding in the area of trademark law. The selection process includes extensive telephone interviews and correspondence with attorneys and clients involved with trademarks. WTR 1000 remains the only standalone publication to recommend individual practitioners and their firms exclusively in the trademark field, covering 70 jurisdictions globally.

L&A’s trademark team represents clients from a wide variety of industries – medical devices, water and wastewater treatment, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods and electronics, apparel, and software – and protects some of today’s most well-known brands and emerging companies, including: Lands’ End, Foursquare, Lola Travel, Food52, Monahan Products/UPPAbaby, Estes Industries, Daily Grommet, Sumo Logic, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Evoqua Water, Oscar Insurance, OpenSky, Saavn, and ZipWall. The trademark team includes practitioners Ann Lamport Hammitte, Nathan T. Harris, Peter C. Lando, Keith F. Noe, Nicole A. Palmer, and Thomas P. McNulty. The team works with clients to develop acquisition, prosecution and protection strategies, and also provides representation in UDRP actions and TTAB litigations.

About Lando & Anastasi, LLP

Lando & Anastasi, LLP (L&A), headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, partners with clients to protect their innovations through effective intellectual property strategies. This partnership complements an emphasis on creative and strategic solutions guided by a solid understanding of each client’s business imperatives. Well versed in a wide range of industries including life sciences, software, cleantech, medical devices, chemical and electrical engineering, L&A attorneys counsel clients ranging from individuals to early-stage and venture-backed start-ups to small and large national and global corporations.