• The Trademark Group leader is Allen Greenberg, a world-renowned trademark expert, particularly in the area of international trademark law. Mr. Greenberg was in the legal department of The Coca-Cola Company for over 20 years, where he spent periods as the Company’s Senior Trademark Counsel, Senior Litigation Counsel, Senior Marketing Counsel, General Counsel of Company Bottling Operations and as Assistant General Counsel. Most recently, he was a partner in the law firm of King & Spalding.
  
  
• The recently created Greenberg Trademark Institute at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire, is named in honor of Mr. Greenberg. The Institute is the first U.S.-based academic organization dedicated to the examination of current and anticipated issues in international trademark law. It is expected to serve as the epicenter of publication, discussion and debate on international trademark policy and legislation.
  
  
• He has taught trademark law as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law since 1989. Among his many honors, Allen was recently elected to a 3-year term as the United States Delegate to the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property. He is also Vice Chairman of the Intellectual Property Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce.
  
  
• The firm represents numerous internationally recognized trademarks and service marks, including: COKE, CABBAGE PATCH KIDS, POPEYES, CHURCH'S, SEATTLE'S BEST COFFEE, CINNABON, HOOTERS, SUNTERRA, NESTEA and JAMAICA BLUE MOUNTAIN COFFEE. As a result, Needle & Rosenberg is heavily involved in all aspects of trademark practice, including domain name registration and enforcement, the selection of marks, domestic and international registration of marks, trademark infringement, oppositions, cancellations and trademark portfolio maintenance issues.
  
  

Trademark Professional Profile
as of January, 2002
Allen L. Greenberg (Officer)
J.D., Villanova School of Law, 1970
B.A., Social-Psychology, Dartmouth College, 1967
Adjunct Professor of Trademark Law at Emory University School of Law
Honored by Franklin Pierce Law Center by the creation of the Greenberg Institute of International Trademark Law and the Greenberg Chair of International Trademark Law

Lawrence K. Nodine (Officer)
J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1978
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, English, Emory University, 1975
Adjunct Professor of Trademark, Copyright, and Computer Law at Emory University School of Law

Nancy K. Gardner (Associate)
J.D., Indiana University School of Law, 1985
B.A., Biology, Washington University, 1981

Mark L. Seigel (Associate)
J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1996
B.S., Computer Information Systems, University of Dayton, 1993