Kenneth L.Wilton

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Partner

Ken's breadth of knowledge across the entire IP spectrum makes him a unique resource in what has rapidly become a highly specialized field.


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While focused primarily on the protection of trademarks, Ken’s experience in the related IP fields allows him to provide counsel that addresses the varied means of protecting intangible assets. With a strong background in computer programming, math, and science, he understands how technology impacts organizations, and advises clients on how their IP rights can be protected in an interconnected world.

Working with a variety of clients in the pharmaceutical, consumer product, and alcoholic beverage spaces, Ken’s practice focuses primarily on trademark, false advertising, copyright and right of publicity counseling, and litigation. His trademark practice is international in scope, and he regularly provides counsel on internet-related, social media, and cross-border trademark protection law issues. Domestically, he litigates infringement and counterfeiting disputes in the federal courts and has extensive experience in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the US Patent and Trademark Office, including over a dozen trials. He has supervised the conduct of international anti-counterfeiting activities and has filed or defended over two dozen proceedings under the UDRP.

As Seyfarth's Trademark practice lead, Ken leads a robust national practice. Ken co-founded and is the co-chair of Seyfarth’s Advertising & Marketing group, which brings together Seyfarth attorneys across practices, including intellectual property, commercial litigation, and product liability, to address the increasing advertising-related challenges faced by clients across all industries.

Additionally, Ken participates in the broader national and international trademark communities. Since 2019, he has been a contributing editor to California’s Continuing Education of the Bar’s Internet Law and Practice in California. Previously, he was co-chair of the California State Bar’s Internet and Privacy Law Committee. He has been an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) since 1992, including as an editor for the Trademark Reporter and a member of the Academic, Unfair Competition and Enforcement Committees. He also speaks regularly at the INTA’s annual and leadership meetings.

Ken has been consistently recognized by US News Best Lawyers in America for Intellectual Property Litigation (Woodward/White Inc.) (2019-2023), by Who’s Who Legal for his work as a trademark lawyer (Law Business Research Ltd.) (2013-2023), and by Managing Intellectual Property as a Trademark “IP Star” (Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC) (2014-2023). In 2019 and 2021, he was selected as one of the Top 30 trademark practitioners in the United States by Euromoney’s Best of the Best Expert Guides (Euromoney Trading Limited). In 2013, he was selected by the Daily Journal as one of the top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California. Since 2013, Ken has been recognized by World Trademark Review 1000 as a top trademark attorney for prosecution and strategy and enforcement and litigation (Law Business Research Ltd.) (2013-2023).

Ken is proud to be a part of a firm that constantly seeks to improve—whether this includes making the delivery of legal services more seamless, evolving new roles to best match talent and goals with career paths, or focusing on the need for increased diversity in the legal profession.

  • JD, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
  • BA, University of California, Los Angeles
    History
  • California
  • US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • US Court of Federal Claims
  • US Tax Court
  • US District Court, Central District of California
  • US District Court, Eastern District of California
  • US District Court, Northern District of California
  • US District Court, Southern District of California
  • US District Court, District of Colorado
  • US District Court, Eastern District of Texas
  • California Supreme Court