Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Melissa A. Vallone - Attorney - Partner

Melissa A. Vallone, a partner in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, is a member of the Intellectual Property Department. She concentrates in information technology, trademark, trade dress, unfair competition, copyright and domain name issues. Her practice focuses on negotiating information technology contracts, intellectual property licensing agreements, trademark counseling, prosecuting domestic and international trademark applications, development and maintenance of trademark portfolios, and intellectual property litigation. She provides counseling in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, publishing, high tech and service industry clients, as well as not-for-profits and associations.

As an adjunct professor at Chicago Kent School of Law, Ms. Vallone teaches a course on Strategies in Intellectual Property. She has also lectured on trademark development and management and domain name issues.

Ms. Vallone graduated from Purdue University in 1993 with a B.S. in marketing management. While at Purdue, she was vice president of the Purdue University Marketing Association.

Ms. Vallone received her J.D. summa cum laude from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1996. While attending law school she was a teaching assistant for the legal writing and appellate advocacy programs. Ms. Vallone also served as executive managing editor of the Valparaiso University Law Review. For her course work and contributions at Valparaiso University, she was designated an Indiana Bar Scholar by the Indiana Bar Foundation.

Ms. Vallone is licensed to practice in Illinois and Indiana and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the Western District of Michigan, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Trademark Association, the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

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