"The ability to anticipate clients’ needs stems from a deep understanding of their businesses and the competitive landscape. Providing my clients a forward-looking and proactive strategy is key in the brand management and enforcement field."
Virginia Marino focuses her intellectual property law practice on all aspects of domestic and global brand protection, copyright and unfair competition law. Virginia has extensive experience clearing pharmaceutical brand names for various large and mid-sized pharmaceutical companies, as well as trademark prosecution experience in the life sciences field.
Virginia’s trademark prosecution and counseling practice includes the acquisition, maintenance, licensing, enforcement and transfer of intellectual property with an emphasis on the selection and clearance of trademarks. She partners with her large and small clients to develop and maintain their global trademark portfolios.
As a litigator, Virginia represents clients in civil litigation in federal district court and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board oppositions and cancellation actions, and has extensive experience with domain name disputes under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy. She regularly assists clients with online intellectual property protection, including web-based trademark protection and vigilance. Virginia also has extensive in-house experience, as she was seconded to Accenture as in-house trademark counsel for over a year.
Brinks Gilson & Lione, Chicago, Illinois Associate, 2016-Present Associate, 2008-2011
DLA Piper, Chicago, Illinois Associate, 2011-2016
CHICAGO – Brinks Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is proud to announce that Virginia Wolk Marino in Chicago and Dr. Joshua E. Ney in Ann Arbor have become Shareholders of the firm...
On February 27, at 12:00pm CT, join attorneys from Brinks Gilson & Lione as they discuss the upcoming issues...
CHICAGO—Brinks shareholder Gary M. Ropski has been named the #1 Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer in Illinois and Laura Beth Miller has been recognized among the Top...
CHICAGO—David S. Fleming and Virginia Wolk Marino, attorneys at intellectual property law firm Brinks Gilson & Lione, will be featured speakers at the ACC Chicago Annual Intellectual Property Law Dinner Program on August 24, 2017, in Chicago...
CHICAGO—Intellectual property law firm Brinks Gilson & Lione announced today that trademark attorney Virginia Marino, who practiced at Brinks from 2008 to 2011, has rejoined the firm in Chicago.