Andy I. Corea

Andy Corea practices trademark law and chairs the firm’s Business and Finance Department.  His practice has focused primarily on trademarks since 1999 – first as a trademark examining attorney for the United States Patent and Trademark Office, later at an intellectual property boutique, and now as a member of Murtha Cullina’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.

His comprehensive trademark practice includes both transactional and adversarial matters.  He assists clients in obtaining trademark rights through clearance, counseling, and prosecution of trademarks and provides intellectual property due diligence to support mergers and acquisitions.  He also helps clients protect their intellectual property rights through enforcement, litigation, and licensing. He appears regularly before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and has represented clients in federal court cases throughout the country. He serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law and is actively involved in the South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut, Connecticut Intellectual Property Association, and the Judge Janet Bond Arterton American Inn of Court.

Representative Matters:

Hale v. Go Pro Workouts, LLC (TTAB No. 91/211,810): Served as lead counsel for Opposer and obtained a decision on the merits sustaining an opposition to trademark registration before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  The case used the TTAB’s Accelerated Case Resolution program to streamline the discovery and presentation of evidence.

NWC Naturals, Inc. v. RHG & Company, Inc. (8:19-cv-01362-JVS-JDE): Led the defense team in a trademark litigation in the Central District of California.

Yellow Bat: Developed the filing strategy and successfully prosecuted a trademark application for a single color trademark for plastic toy bats (U.S. Reg. No. 3,579,003). The trademark is regularly featured in articles about unique and unusual trademarks.

Andy received his law degree from the George Mason University School of Law, where he served on the Law Review Board of Editors and was named a Dean’s Scholar.  He received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary.  He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and Tennessee in addition to several federal district courts. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Connecticut Bar Foundation and a member and past president of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association and the South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut.
 

Not certified as a civil trial specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. Certification in the field of trademarks and copyrights is not currently available in Tennessee.

• Emerging Companies
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Business and Finance
• Privacy and Cybersecurity

• International Trademark Association
• Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Bar Association
• South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut, Secretary
• Connecticut Asian Pacific Bar Association

• Law Review, George Mason University School of Law
• Dean’s Scholar 1994-1995, George Mason University School of Law
• Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA), President 2012-13
• South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut (SABAC), President 2013
• Fellow, American Bar Association Foundation
• Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
• Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell

• Meet Murtha Cullina's Incoming Managing Partner, The Connectiut Law Tribune, September 30, 2020

• "Legal Matters: Craft Brew: What’s In a Name?," The Beverage Journal, June 2018
• "TTAB Top 5," ITMA.org.uk, February 2016
• "The First Step in Fighting Cybersquatting," The Connectiut Law Tribune, April 20, 2015
• "Copyright Lessons from Family Guy - Add Insult to Injury to Support Your Fair-Use Defense," E&D IP, December 2009, Volume 2, No. 1

• September 8, 2020 - Andy I. Corea Elected Managing Partner of Murtha Cullina LLP
• July 1, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Successfully Represents Savant Systems, Inc. in Multifaceted Acquisition of GE Lighting
• January 7, 2020 - Andy I. Corea Named Chair of Murtha Cullina LLP Business and Finance Department
• October 30, 2019 - 37 Murtha Cullina LLP Attorneys Receive Super Lawyers Recognition
• March 6, 2018 - Andy I. Corea Reelected Secretary of South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut
• January 23, 2018 - Two Partners Join Business and Finance Department

• September 25, 2019 - Law Lab Business Lunch Series: When To Call Your Intellectual Property Attorney
• September 17, 2019 - reSET Business Lunch Series: When To Call Your Intellectual Property Attorney
• May 2, 2019 - District Export Council Export Week: Global Intellectual Property Considerations Webinar

• April 24, 2020 - Summary of CARES Act Alerts

• October 28, 2020 - Andy Corea Participating in CBA Panel Entitled "Law Firm Retention: The Achilles Heel of Diversity"
• July 30, 2020 - Andy Corea to be Panelist for Fairfield County Bar Association Intellectual Property Seminar
• May 8, 2019 - Andy I. Corea to present Taking Your Business Global - Intellectual Property Rights Protection Overseas to the New Haven SCORE and U.S. Small Business Administration
• November 5, 2018 - Andy Corea to be Panelist for CBA Intellectual Property CLE on Tips for General Practitioners

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
• Connecticut
• District of Columbia
• Tennessee

• George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1995)
• College of William and Mary (B.A., 1992)