Peter J. Karol

Peter is a partner at Sunstein and a member of the firm’s IP litigation, trademark, business and copyright practice groups. Peter is an experienced patent, trademark and copyright litigator, having brought and defended numerous suits in various federal courts across the country, including patent litigations in the fields of telephony, automotive products, pharmaceuticals, computer software, child safety products, and sporting equipment. Peter also manages global trademark portfolios, with a focus on higher education, wine and distilled spirits, clean energy and finance. He has extensive experience drafting complex IP agreements and licenses. Peter also advises start-up and established companies in matters involving capital-raising and securities regulation. Peter is a member of the adjunct faculty of New England Law | Boston.

Experience

Represented a leading golf equipment company in multi-forum, multi-patent litigations in United States federal courts.
Represented an innovator in the field of voice over internet protocol in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.
Represented a leading holiday ornament company in copyright and trademark litigation in federal court in Massachusetts.
Represented a medical equipment company in false advertising litigation in federal court.
Represented Belvedere Winery with respect to federal infringement litigation concerning the Winery’s BELVEDERE trademark.
Achieved a precedent-setting district court and appellate victory in the field of computer security software.
Represented a large chain of pizzerias in a trademark infringement litigation in federal court.
Represented a leading domain name acquisition and trading company in trademark and cybersquatting litigation in federal court in Virginia.
Represented a large wine producer in connection with negotiating a major national distribution agreement and license with a leading U.S. wine distributor.
Manage the trademark portfolio for one of the world’s preeminent universities, and myriad large and small businesses across various industries and technologies.
Brought and defended numerous trademark oppositions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Advised clients engaged in international trademark oppositions before various administrative bodies in Europe, Australia and Asia.

Professional and Community Involvement

Member of the International Trademark Association, Boston Bar Association, American Bar Association, Boston IP American Inn of Court, and Boston Patent Law Association.
Adjunct Faculty Member, New England Law | Boston, Lecturer on Law, Trademarks and Unfair Competition; Copyright Law.
Author of articles appearing in the AIPLA Quarterly Journal, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, eWeek Online, and in connection with the AIPPI 41st World Intellectual Property Congress (available here).

Bar and Court Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States Court of Appeals for the First, Ninth and Federal Circuits
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Eastern District of Texas

Honors

Peter was named to the Rising Stars list in the practice area of intellectual property in 2007, 2009-2011 in Massachusetts, a list limited to 2.5% of the outstanding emerging lawyers in the state who are age 40 and under, or have been practicing 10 years or less. The attorneys featured in Rising Stars were selected by their peers in an extensive nomination and polling process conducted by the research team at Super Lawyers, a service of Thomson Reuters and seen in a special advertising section in Boston magazine.