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Angela R. Gott

She/Her/Hers

Partner
Cleveland
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216.363.4671
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Angela serves as lead counsel for intellectual property and commercial litigation matters, including complex trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, and restrictive covenant cases, as well as administrative proceedings involving IP rights. She also advises clients concerning protection and enforcement of IP rights globally, including strategic counseling, clearance, trademark and copyright registration, portfolio management, monitoring and policing, and pre-litigation trademark, copyright, and domain name disputes.

In addition, Angela is an IP subject matter expert for corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions (both buyer-side and seller-side), and joint ventures, and assists clients with preparing and negotiating licenses and other commercial agreements involving IP rights in a variety of industries, including software, technology, apparel, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, and media.

Angela has served the Cleveland community in the past as a president of the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association and a board member of Seeds of Literacy.  Angela currently serves on the Advancement Council at The University of Akron School of Law, the primary advisory body to the School of Law, and on the program committee of the Judge John M. Manos American Inn of Court.  Nationally, Angela serves on the North America Roundtables Project Team of the International Trademark Association.

Angela has served as an Adjunct Law Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where she has taught Trademark Law, and as an Adjunct Instructor at The University of Akron School of Law, where she has taught Legal Writing.

Angela earned her B.S. cum laude from Monmouth University and her J.D. magna cum laude from The University of Akron School of Law.  She is a ranked lawyer in Chambers USA.  She was named the 2023 and 2021 Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – IP, Cleveland, and the 2022 Lawyer of the Year for Trademark Law, Cleveland, by The Best Lawyers in America.

Representative Experience

  • Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a distributor of lifting products and accessories.
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Trademarks
  • Copyrights and Creative Content
  • Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants & Unfair Competition
  • Social Media
  • E-Commerce
  • Technology Transactions
  • Fair Use
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemical Industry
  • Metaverse/Web 3.0, Blockchain & Smart Contracts
  • Pharmaceutical Litigation and Counseling
  • Rights of Publicity and Product Endorsement
  • Food & Beverage
  • Manufacturing
  • Not-for-Profit/Intellectual Property
  • Retail & E-Commerce
  • University of Akron School of Law, 2007, J.D.
    • magna cum laude
  • Monmouth University, 2003, B.S., Computer Science
    • cum laude
  • Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Listed, Chambers USA Leading Lawyers, Intellectual Property, 2022, 2023
  • Listed, Best Lawyers® 2024
  • 2023 and 2021 Lawyer of the Year for Litigation – IP, Cleveland
  • 2022 Lawyer of the Year for Trademark Law, Cleveland
  • Selected to Ohio Best Lawyers list for Litigation – IP (2019-23) and for Trademark Law (2019-23)
  • WTR 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals (2023)
  • Ohio Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2013-20)
  • Past President and Member, The Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Member, The Judge John M. Manos American Inn of Court
  • Member, International Trademark Association
  • Member, Akron Law Advancement Council

Highlights

Articles and Presentations
August 14, 2023
What it Means to be an IP Lawyer | Angela R. Gott
June 26, 2023
Supreme Court Sends “Bad Spaniels” to the Doghouse
June 5, 2023
Supreme Court’s 2023 Copyright Fair Use Decision is Not a One-Hit Wonder

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News
August 17, 2023
Best Lawyers in America® Rankings 2024
May 1, 2023
Andrew Murphy mentioned in Crain's Cleveland People on the Move
May 1, 2023
Angela Gott mentioned in Crain's Cleveland People on the Move

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