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Andy I. Corea Murtha Cullina LLP Managing Partner

Managing Partner

New Haven
Email: acorea@murthalaw.com
Phone: 203-772-7739
Fax: 860-240-5759

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Bar & Court Admissions

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

Education

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

Andy I. Corea

Andy Corea is the Managing Partner of Murtha Cullina LLP and former Chair of the firm’s Business and Finance Department.  He has practiced trademark law 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.

  • International Trademark Association
  • Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA), President 2012-13
  • American Bar Association
  • South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut, Secretary 2018, President 2013
  • Connecticut Asian Pacific Bar Association
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Trademark Law, 2022 (Copyright by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)
  • Fellow, American Bar Association Foundation
  • Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
  • Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
  • Law Review, George Mason University School of Law
  • Dean’s Scholar 1994-1995, George Mason University School of Law

 

Overview

Andy Corea is the Managing Partner of Murtha Cullina LLP and former Chair of the firm’s Business and Finance Department.  He has practiced trademark law 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.

Practices & Industries
Memberships
  • International Trademark Association
  • Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA), President 2012-13
  • American Bar Association
  • South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut, Secretary 2018, President 2013
  • Connecticut Asian Pacific Bar Association
Recognition
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Trademark Law, 2022 (Copyright by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)
  • Fellow, American Bar Association Foundation
  • Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
  • Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
  • Law Review, George Mason University School of Law
  • Dean’s Scholar 1994-1995, George Mason University School of Law
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Bar & Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • Connecticut
  • District of Columbia
  • Tennessee
Education
  • George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1995)
  • College of William and Mary (B.A., 1992)
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