Stewart J. Bellus

Panelists on hand to answer their questions were Prof. Barton Beebe; Debbie Cohn, director of trademark examining operations at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); and Stewart Bellus, attorney, Collard & Roe, and former trademark examiner at the USPTO.

Stewart Bellus and Aimee Kaplan attended the INTA Leadership Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida and were pleased to see colleagues and friends.
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Stewart serves on the Editorial Board of the Trademark Reporter, the official scholarly publication of INTA.
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Stewart and Aimee look forward to the INTA Annual Meeting in Seattle. Aimee Kaplan was quoted in Newsday and the Chicago Tribune in articles about protecting trademarks and domain names Ed Callaghan and Aimee Kaplan serve as the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Intllectual Porperty Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.

Stewart BellusCollard and Roe, P.C. Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Firm : Staff
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Stewart BellusPartner/Attorney

Stewart Bellus, Partner/Attorney, is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and the University of Miami School of Law.He is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida and Trademark Examining Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.In addition, Mr. Bellus served on details with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks and the Office of Solicitor.He is engaged in domestic and foreign trademark and copyright prosecution, as well as ex-parte and inter-parte proceedings, appeals and litigation.His published decisions include The B.V.D. Licensing Corp. v. Body Action Design, Inc., 6 USPQ2d (Fed.Cir. 1988) and Eurostar, Inc. v. \
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STEWART J. BELLUS

Senior trademark attorney Stewart Bellus has been appointed to the INTA Bulletin Committee for a two year term, and will focus on researching, writing and editing feature articles.

Stewart J. Bellus

Stewart J. Bellus
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Stewart Bellus is the senior trademark attorney at Collard & Roe, P.C. He has more than twenty years of experience and his practice encompasses all aspects of domestic and foreign trademark law including clearance, prosecution, policing, counseling, licensing and litigation, as well as the filing and prosecution of opposition and cancellation actions. He has represented a wide range of clients including a well-known U.S. bank with registrations in over 60 countries; a leading international seller of artificial nail care products; a leading international marketer of cosmetics; a major German chemical company; a trend-setting Norwegian furniture manufacturer; a major U.S. company specializing in medical education technology; a leading international company specializing in stock indices and analysis; one of the largest Central American food companies in the United States; a major South African airline; a well-known non-profit organization dedicated to animal adoption; and a leading non-profit organization dedicated to business and the arts.

Over the past two decades, Stewart has built the relatively small trademark department of an intellectual property firm specializing primarily in patents into one of the most active trademark practices in the United States. In 2007, the Collard & Roe trademark team was ranked # 43 among all U.S. law firms in the number of trademark registrations issued. In 2007 alone, over 350 trademarks were registered for Collard & Roe clients, and over the past five years, Stewart has been among the top 20 trademark application filers. In total, he has prosecuted over 4,000 trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Prior Experience Before joining Collard & Roe, Stewart was an associate at an intellectual property boutique in New York City. Prior to that, he served for five years as an examining attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, examining close to 10,000 applications in a wide range of fields and earning the highest ratings possible throughout his tenure. He was also selected for several special details and projects with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, and the Office of the Solicitor, and received a U.S. Department of Commerce Award for superior federal service in leading a team of 100 professionals and staff in researching, organizing, editing and writing form correspondence for the entire trademark examining operation.

Other Experience Stewart is also active in the trademark and legal community. He has served on the Editorial Board of The Trademark Reporter, the major scholarly publication of the International Trademark Association (INTA) as well as on the INTA Bulletin. He attends both the INTA National Leadership Conference and Annual Meeting each year. He has been an adjunct professor at Touro Law School in New York, a judge at the BMI Moot Court Competition at Cardoza Law School in Manhattan, and a frequent lecturer before the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, and Suffolk County Bar Association, as well as other bar associations, businesses, and school groups. He has published articles in the National Law Journal, New York Bar Journal, Attorney of Nassau County, and other periodicals. He is also the winner of the "Stuart Stiller Writing Competition" for fiction sponsored by the D.C. Bar.

Stewart J. BellusSenior Trademark Attorney
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Stewart Bellus has practiced intellectual property law for more than two decades, and is the senior trademark attorney at Collard & Roe, P.C.His practice encompasses all aspects of U.S. and foreign trademark law, including clearance, prosecution, policing, counseling, licensing and litigation, as well as the filing and prosecution of oppositions and cancellations.He has represented a wide range of clients, including a well-known U.S. bank seeking registrations in over 60 countries, a leading international seller of artificial nail care products, a major German chemical company, and a well known non-profit organization dedicated to animal adoption.According to one trademark research group, Stewart was ranked # 12 in the world in the number of trademark applications filed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2003.In 2002, he was ranked # 15.
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Before joining Collard & Roe, Stewart was an associate at an intellectual property boutique in New York City.Prior to that, he served for five years as an examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, earning the highest ratings possible throughout his tenure.He also was selected for several special details and projects with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks and the Office of Solicitor.In 1988, he received a U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for superior federal service.In his earliest days of legal practice, before becoming involved in trademark law, Stewart was an Assistant Attorney General in Florida, representing the state in criminal and constitutional law appeals.

The Collard & Roe trademark team comprises Stewart Bellus, Aimee Kaplan and Debra Hentze.
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Stewart J. Bellus

Stewart Bellus is well-known in the trademark field and the senior trademark attorney at Collard & Roe, P.C. He has more than twenty years of experience and his practice encompasses all aspects of domestic and foreign trademark law including clearance, prosecution, policing, counseling, licensing and litigation, as well as the filing and prosecution of opposition and cancellation actions. He has represented a wide range of clients including a well-known U.S. bank with registrations in over 60 countries; a leading international seller of artificial nail care products; a leading international marketer of cosmetics; a major German chemical company; a trend-setting Norwegian furniture manufacturer; a major U.S. company specializing in medical education technology; a leading international company specializing in stock indices and analysis; one of the largest Central American food companies in the United States; a major South African airline; a well-known non-profit organization dedicated to animal adoption; and a leading non-profit organization dedicated to business and the arts. Stewart has prosecuted over 3,500 trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Over the past two decades, Stewart has built the relatively small trademark department of an intellectual property firm specializing primarily in patents into one of the most active trademark practices in the United States. In 2006, the Collard & Roe trademark team was ranked #35 of all U.S. law firms in the number of trademark registrations issued. In 2006 alone, over 300 trademarks were registered for Collard & Roe clients. Before joining Collard & Roe, Stewart was an associate at an intellectual property boutique in New York City. Prior to that, he served for five years as an examining attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, examining close to 10,000 applications in a wide range of fields and earning the highest ratings possible throughout his tenure. He was also selected for several special details and projects with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, and the Office of the Solicitor, and received a U.S. Department of Commerce Award for superior federal service in leading a team of 100 professionals and staff in researching, organizing, editing and writing form correspondence for the entire trademark examining operation.

Stewart is also active in the trademark and legal community. He has served on the Editorial Board of The Trademark Reporter, the major scholarly publication of the International Trademark Association (INTA) as well as on the INTA Bulletin. He attends both the INTA National Leadership Conference and Annual Meeting each year. He has been an adjunct professor at Touro Law School in New York, a judge at the BMI Moot Court Competition at Cardoza Law School in Manhattan, and a frequent lecturer before the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, and Suffolk County Bar Association, as well as other bar associations, businesses, and school groups. He has published articles in the National Law Journal, New York Bar Journal, Attorney of Nassau County, and other periodicals.

The Collard & Roe trademark team comprises Stewart Bellus, Aimee Kaplan and Debra Hentze.
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Stewart J. Bellus

Stewart Bellus is well-known in the trademark field and the senior trademark attorney at Collard & Roe, P.C.He has more than twenty years of experience and his practice encompasses all aspects of domestic and foreign trademark law including clearance, prosecution, policing, counseling, licensing and litigation, as well as the filing and prosecution of opposition and cancellation actions.He has represented a wide range of clients including a well-known U.S. bank with registrations in over 60 countries; a leading international seller of artificial nail care products; a leading international marketer of cosmetics; a major German chemical company; a trend-setting Norwegian furniture manufacturer; a major U.S. company specializing in medical education technology; a leading international company specializing in stock indices and analysis; one of the largest Central American food companies in the United States; a major South African airline; a well-known non-profit organization dedicated to animal adoption; and a leading non-profit organization dedicated to business and the arts.Stewart has prosecuted over 3,500 trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Over the past two decades, Stewart has built the relatively small trademark department of an intellectual property firm specializing primarily in patents into one of the most active trademark practices in the United States.In 2006, the Collard & Roe trademark team was ranked #35 of all U.S. law firms in the number of trademark registrations issued.In 2006 alone, over 300 trademarks were registered for Collard & Roe clients.Before joining Collard & Roe, Stewart was an associate at an intellectual property boutique in New York City.Prior to that, he served for five years as an examining attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, examining close to 10,000 applications in a wide range of fields and earning the highest ratings possible throughout his tenure.He was also selected for several special details and projects with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, and the Office of the Solicitor, and received a U.S. Department of Commerce Award for superior federal service in leading a team of 100 professionals and staff in researching, organizing, editing and writing form correspondence for the entire trademark examining operation.

Stewart is also active in the trademark and legal community.He has served on the Editorial Board of The Trademark Reporter, the major scholarly publication of the International Trademark Association (INTA) as well as on the INTA Bulletin.He attends both the INTA National Leadership Conference and Annual Meeting each year.He has been an adjunct professor at Touro Law School in New York, a judge at the BMI Moot Court Competition at Cardoza Law School in Manhattan, and a frequent lecturer before the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, and Suffolk County Bar Association, as well as other bar associations, businesses, and school groups.He has published articles in the National Law Journal, New York Bar Journal, Attorney of Nassau County, and other periodicals.