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10 trademark management experts
These ten in-house trademark lawyers and managers have managed trademark portfolios and trademark work for brand-owning companies. A reader can learn how they approach trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement.
Professionals to explore
01—10Astrid Lindberg Nors
LinkedInExperience: Group Director, IP · ECCO
Group Director, IP at ECCO since 2024. The profile describes defining ECCO's global trademark and design strategies and brand protection, securing brand strength and market access. Former Corporate Legal Counsel (2018–2024) and Legal Adviser (2016–2018) at ECCO, and former Legal Adviser at Patent- og Varemærkestyrelsen (2014–2016).
Colette Durst
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Chief Trademark Counsel · 3M Innovative Properties Company
Vice President and Chief Trademark Counsel at 3M Innovative Properties Company since 2018, where the profile describes managing a global trademark portfolio, including trademark clearance searches, prosecuting trademark applications, creating brand enforcement pursuance strategies and filing trademark oppositions. Former Legal Director, IP at Johnson Controls (2016–2018).
Joe Ferretti
LinkedInExperience: VP & Chief Counsel, Global Trademarks · PepsiCo
Former VP & Chief Counsel, Global Trademarks (2011–2016), VP & Chief Counsel, Global Foods Group & Global Trademarks (2016–2023) and Sr. Director, Global Snacks Trademarks (2005–2011) at PepsiCo. VP & Chief Counsel, Global Intellectual Property at PepsiCo since 2023, where the profile describes leading the global IP function and a team advising on clearance, prosecution and enforcement.
Kelly Diane Walton
LinkedInExperience: Director and Assistant Chief Trademark Counsel · Solventum
Former Director and Assistant Chief Trademark Counsel at Solventum (2023–2026) and Senior Counsel, Trademarks and Copyrights at 7-Eleven since 2026. The profile describes responsibility for a global trademark portfolio of over 8,000 marks at a medtech and medical device company, including US and international clearance, protection and prosecution, oppositions, cancellations and disputes.
Kimberly Weate
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Associate General Counsel IP - Trademarks · Tupperware
Former Vice President & Associate General Counsel IP - Trademarks (2018–2024), Senior Trademark Counsel (2013–2018) and Trademark Counsel (2006–2013) at Tupperware. The profile headline cites global trademark portfolio management and brand protection for brands including Tupperware, Honeywell, AIG and Coty.
Kristen Harris
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Trademarks and Team Operations · Netflix
Manager, Trademarks and Team Operations at Netflix since 2023 and former Trademark Specialist at Netflix (2018–2023). The profile says the current role oversees team operations and resource management within the trademark practice while ensuring efficient execution of trademark clearance and prosecution. Former Co-Chair of an INTA Trademark Administrators Committee subcommittee (2022–2025).
Maggie Mettler
LinkedInExperience: Director, Legal - Global Brand Protection · Yum! Brands
Director, Legal - Global Brand Protection at Yum! Brands, listed from 2019 with no end date, and Director, Intellectual Property there since 2023. The profile describes overseeing brand protection from trademarks to domains to enforcement programs for KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger, managing an international portfolio of thousands of brand assets and advising on global clearance and prosecution.
Patricia Hu
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Counsel, Trademarks · Energizer Holdings
Sr. Counsel, Trademarks at Energizer Holdings since 2023, where the profile says Hu leads the global trademark, domain name and copyright practice group and oversees clearance, application, maintenance and enforcement of Energizer's marks. Former Senior Counsel, Trademarks (Global Prosecution & Enforcement) at Kraft Heinz (2019–2023).
Sara Beccia
LinkedInExperience: Managing Attorney, Global Trademark & Copyright · Hasbro
Managing Attorney, Global Trademark & Copyright at Hasbro since 2019 and former Senior Trademark Attorney at Hasbro (2017–2019). The profile says Beccia is in-house trademark and copyright counsel for Hasbro, managing a global portfolio of brands, with work across trademark counseling, protection and enforcement, including clearing trademarks. Former Partner at Burns & Levinson LLP (2016–2017).
Sarah Ligon
LinkedInExperience: Senior Counsel - Commercial Retail & Intellectual Property · Walgreens
Senior Counsel - Commercial Retail & Intellectual Property at Walgreens, listed from 2024 with no end date, and Director & Managing Counsel - Marketing and Intellectual Property there since 2026. The profile says Ligon manages the company's global trademark portfolio and supports lines of business on IP and marketing-related matters. Former Intellectual Property Counsel at CBRE (2022–2024).
Choose the right perspective
Match the size and spread of the person's portfolio to yours, since clearing a handful of marks in one country differs from running thousands of marks worldwide. If enforcement is your main issue, ask each person how much of their work went to oppositions, disputes and counterfeits rather than filings.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide how wide a trademark clearance search needs to be before a launch?
- 02Which countries and classes do you file in first, and how do you control filing costs?
- 03When do you send a cease-and-desist letter, and when do you let a potential infringement go?
Reaching trademark management experts
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