Troy E. Larson

Troy E. Larson is an associate in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments, and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group and Trademark and Copyright Group. Mr. Larson focuses his practice on trademark and Internet law. He counsels clients on trademark clearance, use, prosecution, enforcement, and licensing. He regularly advises clients on such Internet law issues as domain name dispute resolution, registration, policing and enforcement strategies, website linking, website terms of use, and keyword advertising.

Mr. Larson has handled a variety of intellectual property-based litigation matters, including cases involving trademark infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, dilution, right of publicity, keyword advertising, and copyright infringement. He has litigated before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, handling ex parte appeals and trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings. Mr. Larson has also litigated several domain name disputes before the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Pro Bono Experience

Mr. Larson regularly handles pro bono matters referred to him by Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. He has helped local artists secure trademark and copyright protection, defend and enforce their intellectual property rights, and negotiate the commercial use of their art work by third parties.

Judicial Clerkships

Wolcott Fellowship Clerk, Hon. Chief Justice Myron T. Steele, Delaware Supreme Court 

Professional Activities

The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
Member, Social Media Committee

International Trademark Association
Member, Young Practitioner's Committee

Ballard Spahr's Philadelphia Hiring Committee

Publications

"Is Your Brand EXXXposed? Sunrise Period To Block .XXX Domain Registrations Begins Soon," Ballard Spahr Alert, August 19, 2011

Co-author, "Do Not Be Blindsided by SideWiki," myCorporateResource.com, November 20, 2009

"IP and the Internet: The Story of GROW AND GO, the Fictional Drink of the Summer Games," The Pennsylvania Bar Institute 14th Annual Business Lawyers' Institute, Vol. I, November 2008

Co-author, "A Rose By Any Other Name: Trademark Rights and Fair Use of Surnames," Intellectual Property and Life Sciences, April 20, 2007

"Hot Topics in Internet Law: Cybersquatting, Contextual Advertising and Online Fraud," The Pennsylvania Bar Institute 12th Annual Business Lawyers’ Institute, Vol. II, November 2006

Co-author, "All the Colors of the Rainbow – But What Can Be Protected?:  Rights in Single Color Marks," New Jersey Law Journal, May 2006

Co-author, "Fair Use or Foul: The Use of Others' Material on the Internet (and Elsewhere)," The Computer & Internet Lawyer, Vol. 23, No. 1, January 2006

Speaking Engagements

"DMCA and Copyright Implications in Social Media," Lorman Education Services "Social Media Law" Seminar, Atlanta, May 18, 2011

"IP and the Internet: The Story of GROW AND GO, the Fictional Drink of the Summer Games," The Pennsylvania Bar Institute 14th Annual Business Lawyers' Institute Seminar, November 2008

"IP and the Internet: The Story of GROW AND GO, the Fictional Drink of the Summer Games," Ballard Spahr CLE for Free, June 2008

"Selected Website Linking Issues," ACLEA Annual Meeting, July 2007

"Hot Topics in Internet Law," The Pennsylvania Bar Institute 12th Annual Business Lawyers' Institute Seminar, November 2006

Widener University School of Law (J.D. 2003, magna cum laude)
Articles Editor, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law

Pennsylvania State University (B.A. 1998)

Pennsylvania